Retired teacher found dead in pool of blood at home in Kerala's Kochi
Kochi (PTI): A retired teacher was found dead in a pool of blood at her residence in Ponnekara here, police said on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Vanaja C R (70).
According to police, Vanaja lived with her sister’s son, who found her lying in a pool of blood inside the house around 9 pm on Friday.
Police reached the spot soon after and found multiple injuries on the body, an officer said.
A knife was also found near the body.
Preliminary examination showed that a vein on her wrist had been slit, and it is yet to be ascertained whether the death was a case of suicide or homicide, police said.
Police also noted that Vanaja had a pet dog that usually stayed inside the house, but it was found roaming on the streets on Friday.
CCTV footage from neighbouring houses is being examined, and fingerprint and forensic experts have inspected the house, police said.
The exact cause of death will be determined after the postmortem examination scheduled for Saturday.
Elamakkara police have registered a case of unnatural death, and further investigation is underway.
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Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp mows down 7 elephants in Assam, 5 coaches derailed
Nagaon/ Guwahati (PTI): At least seven elephants were killed, and one was injured after a herd of jumbos was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai district early Saturday, officials said.
Five coaches and the train’s engine were also derailed, they said.
Initially, all eight elephants were reported to have been killed, though later it was said that one of them was found injured.
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No passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred at 2.17 am, the officials said.
Nagaon divisional forest officer Suhash Kadam told PTI that the accident in Changjurai village is suspected to have occurred due to heavy fog in the area.
“Autopsy of the seven dead jumbos is underway, and treatment is on for the injured one by local veterinary doctors. Cremation will be done near the accident site. Legal formalities are being followed,” he said.
NFR chief spokesperson Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said the accident took place in the Jamunamukh- Kampur section under the Lumding division.
The area is about 126 km from Guwahati.
He claimed that the accident took place at a location which is not a designated elephant corridor. “The train driver, on observing the herd of elephants, applied emergency brakes. However, the jumbos dashed with the train,” he added.
Sharma said accident relief trains, along with top officials from the divisional headquarters, have already reached the site.
The NFR general manager and the divisional railway manager of Lumding have also rushed to the site, he said.
Helpline numbers -- 0361-2731621 / 2731622 / 2731623 -- have been activated at Guwahati railway station, he added.
The NFR spokesperson said the passengers of the affected coaches were temporarily accommodated in the vacant berths available in other compartments, and the train, without the derailed coaches, left the site for Guwahati at 6.11 am.
The passengers will be accommodated in additional coaches, which will be added to the train at Guwahati, and the train will resume its journey after that, he said.
Trains scheduled to pass through the affected section have been diverted through the UP line, and restoration work is underway, Sharma added.
The Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express connects Mizoram's Sairang (near Aizawl) to the Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi.
