Chennai police officer adopts boy whose mother’s murder he was probing
Chennai : In a heart-warming gesture, a police officer came forward to help a 12-year-old boy who had been orphaned after his mother was murdered three days ago.
The boy’s mother Parimala, 33, had been living alone in a rented house on Subburayan Street, Nammalvarpet, ever since her husband Govindaraj died a few years ago.
Her only son Karthik, aged 12, was studying at a boarding school in Mylapore. She was murdered on Friday by a 17-year-old boy who was living on the first floor of the building where she lived. M. Balamurugan, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ayanavaram, visited the spot and made enquiries with the Inspector of Police, Secretariat Colony, on whether any relative of the deceased had been informed. He was told that the deceased had a 12-year-old son, who was waiting at the police station. The police had not shared details about his mother’s death with the boy.
Mr. Balamurugan then went to the police station and consoled the boy, and assured him that he had nothing to worry about as the police would extend all possible help.
On returning home, Mr. Balamurugan, who has a daughter and a son, had a discussion with his wife and decided to extend a helping hand to the boy.
Gives undertaking
The next morning, he gave an undertaking to the school where Karthik is studying, offering to be the boy’s guardian. The officer then took the boy home.
“The object of my gesture was that the boy should not be misled and not indulge in a tit-for-tat act. We should ensure the future of boy and help him lead a good life in society,” he said.
Mr. Balamurugan said he would also explore the possibility of adopting the boy through legal means.
courtesy : thehindu.com
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
