Head constable held for murder
The Hindu
The police have arrested a head-constable and his associate for murdering a man, who had allegedly murdered the policeman’s maternal uncle 23 years ago. According to Superintendent of Police S. Jayaku
The police have arrested a head-constable and his associate for murdering a man, who had allegedly murdered the policeman’s maternal uncle 23 years ago. According to Superintendent of Police S. Jayakumar, the body of B. Lourdhu Jayaseelan, 41, of Fatima Nagar here, was found with stab injuries in the Meelavittaan cremation ground on May 9. The police found that the victim, against whom seven cases including a murder case had been registered, was running a teashop in SIPCOT Industrial Complex and no case had been registered against him after 2011. A special team, led by Inspector, Velmurugan, found that J. Mohanraj, 39, of Muthukrishnapuram was involved in the murder. The team arrested him, who said that M. Pon Mariappan, 39, a head-constable attached to the Thoothukudi Central Police Station and hailing from Mela Shanmugapuram, was involved in the murder. Pon Mariappan was arrested.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.