Kasaragod: Body of businessman found on Chembirika beach, suicide suspected
Kasaragod: The dead body of a 35-year-old businessman, Ajesh Palakkal, who had been suspected to have committed suicide by jumping into River Chandragiri on Thursday evening, was found on the beach at Chembirika in Kasaragod on Friday morning.
Palakkal was a resident of Ravaneshwar in Kasaragod and owned the company Palakkal Traders in Kalarikkal.
On Thursday, Palakkal reportedly came to the banks of River Chandragiri on his scooter at around 3 pm and, leaving his scooter and mobile phone on the banks, jumped into the river. Earlier in the day, however, the businessman is learned to have messaged his friend on the mobile phone, informing his friend that he would be committing suicide.
Police officials, fire brigade staff members and the locals, who were informed of Palakkal’s decision to kill himself, searched for his body but failed to find it as the river was in spate on Thursday.
On Friday morning, the businessman’s body was found on the Chembirika beach.
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West Bengal Guv seeks report from Mamata on public flogging of couple
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the flogging of a couple in public in Uttar Dinajpur district's Chopra, officials said.
The governor is shocked by the incident, which was caught in a video, and called it "barbarous", they said.
"He condemned the incident and has sought an immediate report from CM Banerjee," an official told PTI.
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The police on Sunday registered a case after the video of the incident that happened on Friday went viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage. PTI could not independently verify the video.
The man seen in the video beating up the couple with a bamboo stick was identified as Tajmul alias 'JCB', claimed to be a local TMC leader. He was arrested.
The couple was allegedly engaged in an illicit relationship because of which they were flogged on the direction of a kangaroo court, according to police.
