Uppinangady: At least 10 severely injured as police lathi-charge on protesters; security beefed up
Uppinangady: Local police on Tuesday night lathi-charged protesters who were reportedly protesting outside the police station against the detention of three Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders in connection with a recent assault case. More than 10 people have reportedly sustained injuries while three other police personnel have also been injured in the incident.
According to the reports, local police had summoned three leaders of PFI (PFI Uppinangady President Abdul Hameed Majestic, SDPI Nekkeladi President Zakaria, and Upopinangady Block President Mustafa Lateef) for questioning in the recent assault case and later detained them.
PFI members and workers gathered outside the police station on Monday evening demanding the immediate release of their leaders. Dy.SP Dr. Gana Kumari had then reached the spot and pacified the protesters and assured them of releasing all three detainees.
When the police only released one of the three detainees and failed to release the other two, the protesters once again gathered outside the police station at night demanding their immediate release. The police then resorted to the lathi charge around 9 pm to disperse the crowd. 10 people have sustained severe injuries while three police personnel have also been injured.
Puttur Tahsildar, who had reached Uppinangady earlier in the evening, had imposed section 144 in the town following which lathi-charge was reported.
Security was beefed up and tension escalated in the region with the administration deploying both district and state reserved police forces.
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
