Case against Sasikala over death threat to ex-Minister
The Hindu
The Roshanai police have booked a case against former AIADMK interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala and 500 others in connection with the alleged death threats and abusive calls received by former Mi
The Roshanai police have booked a case against former AIADMK interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala and 500 others in connection with the alleged death threats and abusive calls received by former Minister and secretary of the AIADMK north district C.Ve. Shanmugam earlier this month. Mr. Shanmugam had filed a complaint with the police on June 9, alleging that the frequency of abusive calls and death threats had increased manifold after he made a statement against Ms. Sasikala to the media on June 7. In his complaint, the former Minister said that he had received over 500 calls on his mobile phone and through social media platforms.“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.
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