Madurai family stunned by liquor bottle image on e-ration card; Officials assure quick rectification
Madurai: A routine update of a family’s e-ration card in Chinnapulampatti village, Peraiyur taluk, Tamil Nadu, took a bizarre turn when the image of a liquor bottle appeared on the card instead of the family member's photo. The incident left the family in a tizzy, but local authorities have assured them that the error will be corrected as soon as possible.
C. Thangavel, a 56-year-old driver, explained that the issue arose while updating the card to remove his recently married daughter's name and add his wife as a beneficiary under the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare Board scheme. Upon searching for their e-ration card to complete the update, they were taken aback to find the picture of a liquor bottle instead of the cardholder's image.
"We were shocked to see this because the hard copy of the ration card did not have such issues. However, we have informed the local officials about it,” The New Indian Express quoted Thangavel as saying on Wednesday.
Upon investigation, the Civil Supplies Department confirmed that the liquor bottle image had been added to the e-ration card back in 2018.
“It is surprising to know about such issues, and it is a rare one. It is some kind of an error, which wasn’t visible during the processing. However, we will check with the taluk officials; it will be rectified as soon as possible," TNIE quoted Muthu Murugesa Pandi, district supply officer, as saying.
The family has been reassured that the matter will be resolved within the next 24 hours.
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
