65-year-old man dies in police custody in UP's Sant Kabir Nagar, family alleges foul play
Sant Kabir Nagar (PTI): A 65-year-old man, accused in an old criminal case, died in police custody on Tuesday morning in Uttar Pradesh's Sant Kabir Nagar, officials said.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Sandeep Kumar Meena said the deceased has been identified as Ram Kishun, a resident of the Naguwa village, an accused in a case dating back to 2011.
The case apparently involved a dispute with a neighbour, but both parties had not been appearing in court for several years.
Acting on directions from the local court, a police team led by ASI Nagendra Pandey had gone to arrest Ram Kishun and another individual named Matai to produce them in court.
The police said that after detaining both men, Ram Kishun suddenly fell ill on the way to the police station in the Mahuli area. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead, the police added.
However, family members of the deceased have alleged that he died due to police brutality, a claim the SP has denied. He said the exact cause of the death would be ascertained through the postmortem examination, and any further step would be taken accordingly.
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Stalin urges Centre to rollback commercial LPG price hike
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday demanded that the Centre immediately rollback the hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices. The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on May 1, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
In his social media X platform, the DMK chief alleged that as predicted before the polls, the BJP-led union government has raised LPG prices immediately after the elections concluded.
"When global crude oil prices fell, the benefits were not passed on to the people, " he said, accusing the Centre of "using the West Asia war crisis as an excuse to raise the prices without regard for public welfare".
Calling for protection of the livelihood of the people, Stalin demanded an immediate rollback of the LPG price hike.
He asked the Centre to consider the people's suffering and find solutions.
