Protesters took to streets in Tumakuru against Hemavathi Express Link Canal Project
Tumakuru (PTI): Members of BJP and farmer organisations on Saturday staged a massive protest against the Hemavathi Express Link Canal Project near Gubbi here, officials said.
Some of the protesters were detained by the police, they said.
MLAs who joined the protest include B Suresh Gowda, G B Jyothi Ganesh.
A group of seers from different religious Maths participated in the protest and were raising anti-government slogans. The protesters sat on the roads disrupting traffic. They also resorted to burning tyres. They the termed the government's plan to divert the Hemavathi canal water to neighboring Bengaluru South district (Ramanagara) despite public opposition as "unscientific".
The protesters claimed that this project will be detrimental to several taluks of Tumakuru district.
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UP woman found hanging at in-laws' home; family alleges dowry murder
Maharajganj (UP) (PTI): A 29-year-old married woman was found hanging at her in-laws' home here, with her in-laws claiming it was suicide while her mother alleging murder over dowry, police said on Sunday.
According to police, Anukriti (29) had married Manoj Gond six years ago and lived with her in-laws in Mahadeva village.
Her in-laws claimed that she died by suicide after allegedly hanging herself inside a room of the house on Saturday evening, police said.
After receiving information about the incident, a police team reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem.
Paniyara police station in-charge Sanjay Kumar Singh said that based on a complaint filed by the woman’s mother, a case was registered on Sunday against her husband Manoj Gond, mother-in-law Punam, father-in-law Sumer Gond, and brother-in-law Munna Gond.
The complainant alleged that Anukriti was being harassed for dowry by in-laws and was murdered over dowry-related demands, Singh said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
