Kasaragod District’s Five Constituencies Sees Good Turnout of Voters
Kasaragod: Kerala assembly election voting is underway and the district’s five constituencies have already seen a good turnout of voters within the first few hours.
Voters were seen queuing outside the voting booths in long lines since morning. The district’s 1691 voting booths have 10.59 lakh voters. From the five Vidhana Sabha constituencies, there are 38 candidates in fray.
District-wide, the voting procedure is happening peacefully. The candidates reached the voting booths in the morning and finished casting their votes. The officials informed that by 9.15 am, the district had received 14.23% of the voter’s turnout.
The CPI candidate from Kanhangad, E Chandrashekharan visited the 33rd polling booth at the Koliyadaka Government UP School in the morning and cast his vote. Kasaragod UDF candidate N. A. Nellikunnu visited the Nellikunje Government Higher Secondary School’s polling station and cast his vote. Kasaragod BJP candidate K. Srikanth visited the 105th polling station at the Bekal Government Fisheries High School and cast his vote. LDF Candidate M. A Latheef Pallikere visited the polling booth at the Kallingaal Government Maapilla U.P School and cast his vote.
In the morning, Uduma’s LDF Candidate C. H Kunhaabu Ananguru cast his vote at the 156th polling booth in GLP School. Manjeshwar UDF Candidate A.K. M. Ashraf voted at the polling station in the Kadambar School.
District's 738 polling stations have been enabled with Live Web Casting facilities, and a control room has been set up in the Kasaragod Civil Station Panchayat’s Deputy Director’s office. These polling stations are being monitored by the District Collector, Election Observers, and District Superintendent of Police. The officials have informed that these steps have been undertaken to prevent fake voting, multiple voting violations, and any unpleasant incidents in the voting booth.
By 9.45 am, Kasaragod District saw a 15.20% voter turnout. Officials informed that Manjeshwara recorded 15.47%, Kasaragod 13.67%, Uduma 15.07%, Kanhangad 15.97%, and Trikaripur recorded 15.74% voter’s turnout respectively.
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Delhi High Court advocate jumps to death from high-rise CP hotel
New Delhi (PTI): A 26-year-old Delhi High Court advocate died after allegedly jumping from the 15th floor of a hotel in New Delhi's Connaught Place area, police said on Monday.
The police said they were informed about the incident at The Royal Plaza hotel around 9.15 pm on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rajesh Singh, a practising advocate at the Delhi High Court who had checked into the hotel the previous evening.
"A police team rushed to the hotel and found that the victim, identified as Rajesh Singh, a resident of Mahavir Enclave, had allegedly jumped from the 15th floor of the building," a police statement said.
"The family members of the deceased have been informed about the incident. As per their statement, no foul play is suspected in the matter," it said.
A police officer privy to the investigation said that a purported suicide note was also found, in which the advocate did not blame anyone. The police said he was staying alone in the room.
Teams from the crime department and the forensic science laboratory (FSL) were called to inspect the scene. Relevant exhibits were lifted and seized, and CCTV footage from the hotel premises was examined, the police said.
A police source said that it is suspected that the victim was depressed over some issues. Furthe
