Police raid cockpit, arrest 4, seize 4 roosters
The Hindu
The banned game is on the increase in many areas in the district bordering Tamil Nadu.
Police arrested four persons for cockfight betting at Kozhinjampara near here on Monday. Four roosters were seized from the cockpit and the bet amount of ₹8,830 was confiscated. Those arrested were S. Gokul Krishnan, 24, from Ozhalapathy; C. Jayaprakash, 26, from Thenampathy; N. Sakthivel, 26, from Vannamada; and M. Muthukumar, 21, from Vadakarapathy.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.