Three sisters drown in pond in Kerala
Palakkad, Kerala: Three women, who went to take a bath in a sprawling pond, met with a tragic end after drowning in this north Kerala district on Wednesday, police said.
The incident was reported from a village under the Nattukal police station limit near Mannarkkad this afternoon.
Police said all the three dead are sisters and have been identified as Ramsheena (23), Nashida (26), and Rinshi (18).
Two of them were married and came to their parental home here on the occasion of Onam.
A local man said the tragedy happened when one of them slipped into the pond, and others jumped in to rescue.
He said that though local people rushed to the tragic site and took the women to a nearby private hospital, their lives could not be saved.
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UP: Five of family arrested for assaulting a cop during raid in Sultanpuri
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.
The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22).
The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.
During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.
Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.
