Davangere : Honour killing claims minor girl
Grandmother, father held
Davangere : Fearing the disrepute to the family, father and grandmother together allegedly killed their daughter at Maravanji village in Channagiri taluk in the district. The incident came to light of late.
The accused were identified as grandmother Dakshayanamma and her son Parameshwarappa.
The elder daughter (minor) of Parameshwarappa and Pushpa couple had eloped with a youth Praveen of the same village belonging to other cast a few months back. Later, her parents lodged a missing complaint at the Channagiri police station. The police traced both of them and brought them to Channagiri and handed over the girl to her parents, while the youth was sent to jail under POSCO Act.
After this, the girl tried to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills. She was treated at McGann Hospital in Shivamogga and she was alright. Meanwhile, her parents tried to get her married. As Parameshwarappa was suffering from illness, he had gone to Manipal Hospital with his wife Pushpa. At that time, the girl who was with her grandmother, consumed poison due to depression. Suddenly, she informed her son over phone. As Parameshwarappa told his mother to kill his daughter as she brought disrespect to the family, the grandmother strangulated her with a rope and later, it was said that she committed suicide.
However, in the postmortem report, it was confirmed that the girl died because of strangulation. When the family members were interrogated, grandmother admitted that she has strangulated her on the words of her son. Now, the police arrested both mother and son in the case.
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PWD, Google Maps officials booked in Bareilly bridge death case
Budaun (UP), Nov 25: Police here have booked officials of the Public Works Department and Google Maps in connection with the death of three men whose car rolled over an under-construction bridge while following directions on the navigation app, an officer on Monday said.
The car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge in Dataganj Police Station area early Sunday.
Nitin and Ajit, aged 30, both brothers from Farrukhabad district, and Amit, 40, from Mainpuri district, were on their way from Noida to Faridpur in Bareilly to attend a wedding.
According to police, the driver was led by Google Maps into taking the unsafe route.
The incident took place on the Bareilly-Budaun border.
Dataganj Police Station SHO Gaurav Bishnoi said an FIR on charges of laxity in duty and others was filed against four engineers of the PWD, along with some unknown people.
The regional officer of Google Map has also been brought under the scope of investigation. His name is yet to be included in the FIR.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of Google in a statement said, "Our deepest sympathies go out to the families. We're working closely with the authorities and providing our support to investigate the issue."
On Sunday, Faridpur Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said, "Earlier this year, floods caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse onto the river, but this change had not been updated in the system."
He said the bridge had no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach.
