Differently abled daughter starves three days with mother’s decomposing corpse
Kundapur: A 32-year-old differently abled daughter reportedly spent three days with her mother’s decomposing corpse at Mudugopady near Dasanadi. Despite being rescued, she died at a hospital later without responding to any treatment.
The deceased have been identified as Jayanthi Shetty (62) and her daughter Pragati Shetty (32), residents of Dasanadi.
Hailing from Hengavalli, Jayanthi had been residing in Mudugopadi for the past one and a half decades. After the death of Jayanthi's husband, the mother and daughter lived together, without any assistance from others. Jayanthi Shetty was diabetic, while her daughter was mentally retarded since birth. Recently, Pragati Shetty had one of her legs amputated due to her ailment.
On May 12, Jayanthi visited the Kumbashi Anegudde Sri Vinayaka temple, performing special services for her daughter's better health. She informed a local auto-rickshaw driver about her plan to visit the Koteswara Kotilingeshwara temple on May 13. Accordingly, the driver had called her to confirm the trip on May 13, but had received no response.
After three days, locals noticed that the front and back doors of Jayanthi Shetty's house were kept closed, and the lights were turned on, even during the day. On the night of May 17, they detected a foul odour emanating from the house. On calling Jayanthi’s phone, they heard it ringing inside the house. Gopadi gram panchayat President Suresh Shetty rushed to the spot, on being informed about the situation. On looking through a window, he and others found Pragathi lying unconscious on the floor.
Sub-Inspector Vinay M Korlahalli and other policemen broke the lock, with assistance from the locals, collected Jayanthi Shetty’s decomposed body and admitted severely dehydrated Pragathi Shetty to a private hospital in Koteshwara. However, despite a good medical care, she did not recover and breathed her last on Saturday. After due legal procedures, the police handed over the bodies to the near relatives for last rites.
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Ex-CJI Chandrachud removed fear of law from political defectors, claims Sanjay Raut
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday slammed former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, alleging that he had removed the fear of the law from politicians who defected from parties in Maharashtra.
Raut claimed that by not deciding on the disqualification petitions, Chandrachud kept doors and windows open for defections.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader's statement comes after his party faced a severe drubbing in the state assembly elections, as it managed to clinch only 20 out of 95 seats it contested as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
The performance of the party's alliance partners was no better, with the Congress winning only 16 out of 101 seats and NCP (SP) getting only 10 out of 86 seats it contested.
Talking to reporters, Raut alleged, "He (Chandrachud) has removed the fear of the law from defectors. His name will be written in black letters in history."
Following the split in the undivided Shiv Sena in 2022, the party's faction headed by Uddhav Thackeray filed petitions in the Supreme Court on the disqualification of party MLAs who defected along with Eknath Shinde. The apex court put the onus on the assembly Speaker to decide on the disqualification petitions, which he did earlier this year, declaring the Sena bloc led by Shinde as the “real political party”.
Raut alleged that the results of the assembly election were pre-decided. If the then CJI had decided on the disqualification petitions on time, the outcome would have been different.
"We are sad but not disappointed. We will not leave the fight incomplete. Division of votes was also a factor, and the RSS played an important role in the election. The poisonous campaign impacted us negatively," he said.
He said the swearing-in ceremony for the new government should be held in neighbouring Gujarat.
Meanwhile, in his weekly column "Rokhthok" in the party mouthpiece "Saamana", the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader claimed that it was time to offer condolences to the Election Commission, which turned a blind eye to the use of money power.
"The courts have been in the ICU for a long time," he alleged.
