Here are news developments you should know
Newborn body found in sewer in Nizamabad
The body of a newborn girl was on Saturday evening found thrown in a sewer near Zilla Parishad office in the district headquarter.
According to reports, a passerby noticed the body and informed the police. The police shifted the body to the government hospital for postmortem. The preliminary investigation reveals that the infant might have been thrown in the sewer on Friday night. The police have registered a case and the investigation is underway.
Recently, a newborn’s body was found in a dumping yard near Mahabubabad railway station. Such incidents have become frequent in the State since the last few months.
Govt teacher dies by suicide in Bibipet of Kamareddy
A 35-year-old government school teacher Gandla Veena died, allegedly by suicide, in Bibipet mandal headquarters of the district in the early hours of Sunday.
According to reports, Veena, working as a teacher in a government school in Bibipet, was in depression for sometime. On Saturday night, after having dinner with her father Ramachandra, she went to her room. In the morning Ramachandra noticed her lying unconscious on her bed. He immediately rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she died while undergoing treatment. She was said to have consumed insecticide.
Veena was married to Shravan Kumar from Siddipet in 2015. But for some time now, the husband and wife were living separately due to differences. According to Veena’s father, she had attempted suicide several times in the past.
The Bibipet police have registered a case and investigation is underway.
Kamareddy: Woman kills husband, buries body in house
In a shocking incident, a woman killed her husband with the help of her father-in-law and dumped his body in the septic tank of the house in Tirmalapur area of Banswada mandal.
According to reports, on June 9, the woman, Manjula, strangled her husband Ram Gowda to death with the help of her father-in-law Narayana and the two then dumped his body in the septic tank of the house. Later, when smell started emitting from the septic tank, they removed the body and buried it in the backyard.
The incident came to light after Ram’s close friend Srinivas started enquiring about him. He informed the villagers about Ram’s disappearance and when they confronted Manjula, she reportedly disclosed the truth. Srinivas immediately informed the police, who took both into custody and during interrogation, they confessed to the murder. The two informed the police that Ram used to harass them a lot and since it became unbearable, they decided to eliminate him. On June 9, the two caught hold of Ram and strangled him to death. The police recovered the body from the backyard and sent it to government hospital for postmortem.
The police have registered a case and are investigating. The two will be presented in the court on Monday.
Gutka smuggling: Five booked, two arrested in Adilabad
In two different incidents, five persons were booked, while two of them were arrested for smuggling banned gutka after raids on five warehouses here on Saturday night. Large quantities of gutka and tobacco products worth Rs 77.60 lakh were seized from the warehouses belonging to the six accused.
Superintendent of Police Gaush Alam said Sajidullah Khan and Fasi Ullah Khan were apprehended for their role in smuggling of gutka. Aslam Khan, Samee Ullah Khan and Arbaz Ali were still at large.
Led by Alam, sleuths of Central Crime Station (CCS) and Special Branch (SB) carried out raids on the warehouses located at Omkar Ginning Mills and Chanda village in Adilabad Rural mandal, following a tip-off. During the raids, police seized prohibited gutka products worth Rs 50,16,942 in four warehouses located near the ginning mill. A case was registered against Sajidullah, Aslam, Samee, and Fasi. They seized gutka products worth Rs 27,43,644 from another warehouse at Chanda village. The four and Arbaz Ali were booked for their role in the offence.
The accused persons confessed to smuggling gutka products of various brands.
Adilabad DSP L Jeevan Reddy, Inspectors K Satyanarayana, A Ashok, A Ramakanth and staffers of CCS and SB took part in the raids.
Heavy Rains: Asifabad SP urges people to be cautious
Superintendent of Police DV Srinivas Rao requested the public to be cautious of heavy to very heavy rains likely to occur across the district in the coming three days as predicted by the Meteorological department. Rao alerted the police officers by convening a tele-conference here on Sunday.
In a press statement, Rao urged the public living in low-lying areas and dilapidated houses to be watchful of the heavy rains. He asked the people not to take roads flooded by streams and rivers to avoid accidents and drownings. He instructed police officials to take preventive measures in view of the rains forecast on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Superintendent told the police to alert people likely to be affected by rains. He instructed the police to stop rural folks from venturing around irrigation tanks and ponds to take photographs. He asked them to shift the public residing on the banks of Pranahita river to prevent fishing and swimming. He advised them to put up caution boards and barricades.
He further requested the public not to touch electrical poles and asked them to contact officials of NPDCL if supply of power was disrupted. He advised the public and victims of floods to utilize Dial 100 service for support.
Young farmer electrocuted in Medak
A young farmer was electrocuted while he was resolving a technical glitch at a transformer at Vadiyaram village in Chegunta mandal on Sunday.
Mogili Venu (25), a resident of the same village, was working in his agriculture field when he noticed the disruption of power supply to his borewell. Trying to resolve the technical glitch, he came in touch with live electric wires and died on the spot.
The police registered a case following a complaint from his wife Divya.