Nine detained for pro-Pakistan slogans at two shops in Goa
Panaji (PTI): Police have detained nine persons after pro-Pakistan slogans were displayed on the signboards of two shops in North Goa district, officials said on Wednesday.
Some locals complained to police about the LED signboards of two shops at Baga (in Calangute area) and Arpora (Anjuna) beach villages displaying "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans on Tuesday evening, they said.
Baga and Arpora villages are located adjacent to each other in North Goa.
"Nine persons connected with the two shops have been detained. The shops operate independently of each other and pro-Pakistan slogans were displayed at the same time on both on Tuesday evening,” a police official said.
Four persons were detained by the Calangute police and five by the Anjuna police, he said.
The police have disconnected the LED boards and registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 152 (endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India) and provisions of the Information Technology Act, the official added.
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Class 12 student dies after being attacked by juniors
Kumbakonam (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): A Class 12 student of a government school near here has succumbed to his injuries early Sunday morning after he was allegedly attacked by a group of Class 11 students, police said.
Fourteen class 11 students of Government Arignar Anna Model Higher Secondary School in Patteeswaram allegedly attacked their senior student on December 4, following a clash between their respective classes, they added.
The accused students hit the boy on the head with a wooden stick, leaving him seriously injured, police said.
The boy’s parents rushed to the school on being informed and admitted him to the Government Hospital in Kumbakonam. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Thanjavur for further treatment, police said. He had to be operated on to remove the blood clot in his brain.
On Sunday, around 2.30 am, he succumbed to his injuries, police confirmed. The 14 accused have been arrested and lodged in a juvenile home.
Patteeswaram Police said they had initially registered an attempt to murder case. "After post-mortem, we’ll alter it into a murder case," an official said.
