Deceased Odisha judge's mother claims son murdered by wife
Cuttack (Odisha), Sep 3: The POCSO court judge of Odisha's Cuttack, who was found hanging in his official residence here, did not die by suicide but he was murdered by his wife and brother-in-law, his mother alleged on Sunday.
In a written complaint lodged at Markat Nagar police station here, Tulasi Behari also claimed that her son, who died on Friday, was mentally and physically tortured by the two persons.
"We have registered an unnatural death case yesterday. An investigation is on and we are taking statements of the judge's brother, mother and in-laws," Markat Nagar Police Station Inspector in-charge Beauty Mohanty said.
Subash Kumar Behari, an additional district judge-rank judicial officer who was officiating as a special judge of POCSO court here, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his quarters here on Friday afternoon. There were injury marks on his neck.
My son has not committed suicide. He was murdered and later his body was hanged from the ceiling fan, 75-year-old Tulasi Behera alleged in her complaint and urged the police to thoroughly investigate the matter.
He had taken leave on Friday on account of his father's death anniversary. His wife and their two daughters were not at home when the incident occurred, police said.
Stating that her son had a love marriage 15 years ago, Tulasi has mentioned in her complaint that her son had on several occasions confided to her that he was mentally and physically tortured by his wife and brother-in-law.
After the post-mortem examination was conducted, the judge's body was cremated in Puri on Friday night.
There was an altercation between his wife and his brother over where the body would be consigned to flames. His brother wanted to take his mortal remains to their ancestral home in Jajpur district.
Arun Kumar Pahi, a relative of the judge, demanded a CBI probe into the incident.
The judge's wife refused to comment.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
