Two Varanasi sisters found living with mother's corpse for a year
Varanasi (UP), Nov 29: Two sisters were found living with the corpse of their mother, who died around a year ago, in a house in Lanka area here, police said on Wednesday.
The woman had died in December 2022, but her daughters did not perform her last rites and kept the body locked in a room at the house in Mandarwa locality, they said.
Police officers reached the spot after getting information about the incident and initiated a probe.
Lanka Station House Officer (SHO) Shivakant Mishra said Usha Tripathi (52), resident of Madarwa, Samenghat, died last year after a prolonged illness.
Her husband had left home two years ago and did not come home even after his wife's death while their two daughters -- Pallavi Tripathi (27) and Vaishvik Tripathi (18) -- did not cremate the body after their mother's death and kept it locked in the room, he said.
Both of them had not been leaving the house for the last one week and its door remained closed, raising suspicion among the neighbours who knocked the door but when it did not open, they informed the police.
Police reached the spot based on the information.
When the door of the house did not open, police broke open it and entered inside the room only to find the corpse lying there.
Both the daughters were also found sitting in the same room.
The police have taken both the daughters into custody and the incident is being investigated.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
