Vittla beat police constable suspended over alleged dereliction of duty
Mother Velankanni’s temple demolition case
Bantwala: Vitla police station’s beat police constable has been suspended in connection with the alleged dereliction of duty when several miscreants demolished the Mother Velankanni’s temple at Kulalu Kuntrakala in Kolnadu village.
The suspended police constable has been identified as Ashok attached to the Vittla police station.
According to a complaint registered at the Vitta police station, a gang of miscreants demolished the Mother Velankanni temple and installed a saffron flag on the night of September 27.
District Superintendent of Police Ravikanthe Gowda had intensified the investigation regarding this. It has been learnt that the SP issued an order to suspend Ashok, who was on beat duty in Kulalu village. The SP suspended him for allegedly failing to collect information about the land disputes.
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Fire in coach of New Delhi-Chennai express train; no casualty
Nagpur (PTI): A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.
There were no casualties, they said.
Train 12616 New Delhi-Chennai (Tambaram) Grant Trunk Express left from Nagpur in the morning. While it was heading towards Sindi railway station in Wardha, smoke was detected in the last guard coach of the train at 11.09 am, Central Railway spokesperson Sanjay Muley told PTI.
The train was stopped on the Sindi-Tuljapur section, the affected coach was detached immediately, and the fire brigade was called, he said.
All passengers in the train and the coach concerned were safe, the official said.
The cause of the fire will be known after a detailed investigation.
The train will resume its journey in some time without the affected coach, the official added.
