Lorry drivers from Tamil Nadu fight near cashew factory in Karkala: One dead
Karkala: A lorry driver from Tamil Nadu was killed in a fight with another lorry driver that occurred at the Shreedevi Cashew Factory in Mudralu of Mudaaru village on Monday night.
The deceased man has been identified as Mani (36) while the accused is learned to be Veerabahu, also a truck driver.
Cashew nuts from Tamil Nadu are supplied in trucks every year to the factory. On Monday evening, the trucks with the nuts arrived late at the factory. As a result, the nuts were not unloaded from the trucks that were merely parked by the factory building. The drivers and their assistants are also learned to have spent the night there.
A fight broke out between Veerabahu and Mani at around 8:30 pm on Monday. Veerabahu is learned to have killed Mani by winding his scarf around Mani’s neck and wounding him by stabbing him.
A complaint against Veerabahu was filed with the police, accusing the truck driver of murder.
Karkala Rural Police have registered a case. The reason behind the murder is yet to be confirmed.
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Kerala govt to declare as ''dead'' people missing in Wayanad landslide
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (PTI): The Kerala government has decided to declare as ‘deceased’ the people who went missing in the devastating landslide in Wayanad last year which will help provide compensation to their families.
The decision comes as a huge relief to the kin of people who were reported missing in the disaster.
As per a government order issued on Tuesday, local, district and state level committees will be formed including revenue department officials to examine the list of missing people.
The local level committee includes the panchayat secretary, village officer and station house officer of respective police stations. The committee will prepare a list of missing people and submit it to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) for scrutiny.
The DDMA will examine the list and forward it to the state-level committee with its suggestions. The state level committee, comprising additional chief secretary (home) and principal secretaries of revenue and local self-government, will examine the list and forward it to the government, the order said.
The government will subsequently issue an order declaring them as dead and providing ex-gratia to their close relatives.
According to official record, 263 people were dead and 35 people were reported missing in the landslides that occurred on July 30 last year. The order directs the local level committee to closely examine the FIRs filed in connection with the missing people in the respective police stations.
The tahsildar or sub-divisional magistrate should conduct a detailed enquiry about the missing person and the findings will be published on the official website and government gazette.
A 30-day period will be given for filing any objections, after which the list of missing people will be published and death certificates issued to their immediate relatives, the order said.
