Tamil Nadu: Single mother commits suicide in bid to secure compensation for children's education
Salem, Tamil Nadu: A heart-wrenching incident unfolded on June 18 in the 2nd Agraharam Street of Salem, as a 46-year-old woman named Paappathi tragically ended her own life in a bid to secure financial compensation for her children's education expenses. Paappathi, a temporary conservancy worker at the Salem collectorate and a single parent, believed that her death would bring her children the needed funds to cover their fees.
Police officials, while investigating the incident, discovered that before being struck by a bus and losing her life, Paappathi had already attempted suicide earlier that day in a similar manner, albeit surviving with minor injuries.
The Salem Town police had initially registered a case under sections 279 (Rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 (A) (Causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Further inquiries by the police shed light on Paappathi's dire financial situation. She was deeply concerned about her inability to pay the Rs 45,000 college fees for her son. Misled by someone's advice, she came to believe that her death in an "accidental" manner would lead to compensation for her children.
As a temporary sweeper, she earned a monthly salary of Rs 10,000, which proved insufficient to support her family. Separated from her husband for the past 18 years, she had shouldered the responsibility of raising her daughter, who is currently a final year engineering student, and her son, who is pursuing a Diploma in Architecture at a private college, the cops said.
Financially strained and burdened by loans, Paappathi faced mounting pressure to fulfill her daughter's marriage aspirations and her son's education expenses. Tragically, her belief in the misconception of receiving compensation through an accident led her to take this extreme step, hoping to secure a better future for her children.
A mother kills herself to meet son’s education expenses 😢
— Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) July 17, 2023
Being misled by someone, a mother, working as ‘safai karmachari’ at Collector’s office in Salem, kills herself by falling into a bus to get financial assistance from the Govt to pay son’s college fees of 45,000.
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Flagrant injustice to underprivileged: Mehbooba on govt action against Shopian school
Srinagar (PTI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian an unlawful entity under the UAPA was a "flagrant injustice" to the underprivileged sections of society.
She also alleged that banning such "altruistic institutions" without any solid evidence of anti-national activity "shows a deep seated prejudice and ill intention".
The institution allegedly run by individuals affiliated with a banned organisation has been declared an "unlawful entity" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In a post on X, Mehbooba said, "Every single day the j&k government acts as a mute bystander & a timid enabler of vicious assaults on J&Ks identity & dignity. Declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom as an unlawful entity under UAPA is a flagrant injustice to the poor underprivileged sections of society".
The former chief minister said the institution served as a "beacon of quality education" for students unable to afford expensive schooling.
"It has produced reputed doctors and professionals who served this nation with dedication. Banning these altruistic institutions without any solid evidence of anti national activity shows a deep seated prejudice & ill intention," she added.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg issued a two-page order based on the dossier presented by Senior Superintendent of Police Shopian pointing towards the alleged illegal activities at Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom at Imam Sahib in Shopian district in south Kashmir.
According to the order issued by Garg on April 24, there were "credible inputs and evidence on record, to indicate sustained and covert linkages of the institution with Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Government of India banned in 2019.
