Under-trial female convict found dead in Kerala
Kannur (Kerala) Aug 24 : A controversial female under-trial convict from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's home village, was found dead in a jail near here on Friday, police said.
Soumya, 28, was arrested in April after she confessed to killing her parents and her nine-year-old daughter by poisoning them in a gap of four months this year.
After her arrest, she was kept at the Kannur Women's Jail, billed as a high security prison, where she was found hanging . The body has been moved to a district hospital for autopsy.
Soumya, who had separated from her husband, had told interrogators that she killed her parents and daughter in order to live with her lover.
She was arrested after Vijayan intervened in the murder case. The police has started a probe into the alleged suicide.
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Opposition MPs submit notices in both Houses seeking motion for removal of CEC Kumar
New Delhi (PTI): Opposition MPs have submitted notices in both Houses of Parliament seeking a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Friday.
As many as 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed the notice, a source said.
The signatories include members from all the INDIA bloc parties, the source said, including the Aam Aadmi Party, which has also backed the move despite no longer being formally part of the opposition alliance, the source said.
Some independent MPs have also signed the notice, and several others have expressed interest in joining the initiative, the source added.
This is the first time a notice has been moved seeking the removal of the CEC. According to sources, the notice lists seven charges against Kumar, including alleged "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", "deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud" and "mass disenfranchisement."
The opposition parties have accused the CEC of aiding the ruling BJP on several occasions, especially with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which they alleged aims to help the saffron party at the Centre.
