Man strangulates wife, hangs himself to death in Ullal
Ullal: The bodies of a couple were found near the Peelaru Panjandayana Daivasthana here on Thursday morning, with the police suspecting it to be a case of murder followed by suicide.
Shivananda Poojary, 55, seems to have strangulated his wife Shobha Poojary, 45, before hanging himself to death in the garden near their house in Peelaru, said the police.
Ullal Police have registered a case following a complaint filed by the couple’s elder son Karthik.
Shobha is learned to have gotten manure from a neighbour’s house at around 10 am on Thursday. At around 12 noon, Karthik called his parents. When they did not receive the call, he informed the neighbours of the matter. The neighbours reportedly visited the Poojarys and found Shobha lying dead in the bedroom and Shivananda’s body hanging from a tree in the garden.
Shivananda had been working as a painter, but had frequent quarrels with his wife over trivial issues. The police suspect him to have killed his wife and himself after such a fight over a paltry matter.
Ullal Police visited the house of Poojarys and are investigating the case.
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Kerala: Congress flag instead of tricolor hoisted at CPI(M) branch office on I-Day
Kochi (PTI): In an embarrassing mix-up, a CPI(M) branch committee in Eloor here has hoisted the Congress party's flag instead of the national flag during the Independence Day celebrations.
According to party sources, the incident occurred after an elderly local leader, who also serves as an office-bearer of the Left party's Senior Citizens' Forum, mistakenly took the Congress flag for the tricolour.
Several local leaders and members attended the function, a party leader said here on Wednesday, confirming the embarassing incident.
It was only after the hoisting that a participant pointed out the error, another leader said.
"The flag of the Congress party remained hoisted for hardly 10 minutes," he said, adding that it was immediately taken down.
However, photos and videos of the incident went viral on social media.
A senior CPI(M) district leader said he verified the incident and found it to be a genuine mistake.
"The leader concerned admitted that he had kept several party flags with him and accidentally mistook the Congress flag for the national flag. Considering his age and the circumstances, the party has decided not to take disciplinary action," the leader added.
