Battling financial constraints post lockdown, street vendor in Puttur commits suicide
Puttur: A 63-year-old street vendor on Thursday morning committed suicide by jumping into a government well near his stall here in Puttur.
The deceased vendor has been identified as Vittal Naik a resident of Bannoru village in Puttur. He reportedly owned a stall in Padil wherein he used to sell Kabab. According to the reports, Vittal had suffered a heart attack a few days ago and had to spend lakhs of rupees for treatment. Already fighting financial constraint due to the Corona lockdown, the expense only added to his economic woes and he was under depression from several days.
Reports further added that when Vittal resumed business at his stall post lockdown relaxation he failed to get any business at the stall pushing him further into mental dilemma. This is said to be the reason behind his extreme step.
On June 18, Vittal went missing after eating dinner. His family looked for him in the nearby area but couldn’t find him. On Thursday morning, his footwear and clothes were found near the government well in Padil. His body was later pulled out of the well by a team of Fire Brigade. Vittal is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son.
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SC trashes plea for removal of Kejriwal as CM, says it is up to Delhi LG to act
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of chief minister after his arrest in a money laundering case related to excise policy scam.
"It is up to Delhi LG to act if he wants to but we will not interfere," a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said.
The court said it is a matter of propriety but there is no legal right seeking removal of Kejriwal as chief minister following his arrest.
“When the matter was being heard we had posed the same question to them. Ultimately, it is a matter of propriety and there is no legal right,” the bench told the petitioner.
The top court was hearing a plea of petitioner Kant Bhati challenging the Delhi High Court’s order dated April 10 by which his plea was dismissed.
