Woman from Kerala arrested in Oman over husband's murder

Muscat, Oct 30: A woman from Kerala has been arrested in Oman for allegedly stabbing her alcoholic husband to death in a fit of rage.

The Royal Oman Police (ROP) arrested Neena Varghese at the coastal town of Sur, about 200 km east of Muscat. The woman worked as a teacher at the Indian School in Sur.

“The lady is under arrest and her husband's body is in the police mortuary in Muscat,” a spokesman for the ROP was quoted as saying by the'Gulf News'.

According to a source, the man was in an inebriated state when he was killed.

The couple from Kerala often had fights over his drinking habit. “It seems that the husband, identified as Benny Varghese, had assaulted his wife, before she unintentionally took his life,” the source said.

People close to the family in Sur are now coordinating with the police and the Indian Embassy to send the body back to India.

Efforts are being made to send the two daughters, aged 11 and 13, to India as the mother is in police custody and there is no one to look after them.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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