Woman killed, husband found hanging in Kottayam
Kottayam (Kerala) (PTI): A 52-year-old woman was found murdered and her husband was found hanging at their residence in Pampady here on Monday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Sudhakaran (64) of Pampady and his wife Bindhu.
According to police, a neighbour noticed Sudhakaran hanging in a room of the house around noon and informed the couple’s elder son. After the son arrived, they entered the house and found Bindhu lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen, police said.
Bindhu was rushed to a hospital, but doctors declared her dead, police said.
Pampady police, who registered a case of unnatural death, suspect that Sudhakaran allegedly killed his wife before committing suicide.
Police said a preliminary probe was conducted to ascertain the involvement of any outsiders, but no such evidence has emerged so far.
The couple has three children and their statements will be recorded to find out whether there were any issues between the couple, police said.
The bodies will be handed over to relatives after post-mortem.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
