Woman found dead in hotel room, husband missing
BHUBANESHWAR, Nov 26: A woman from Andhra Pradesh was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room at Berhampur in Odisha’s Ganjam district late Saturday evening, police said on Sunday.Police have identified the deceased as KrishnaVeni Konapalli.On Saturday evening, the sanitary staff and the hotel manager knocked at the room door but there was no response.The manager immediately informed the hotel owner who called the police.The police said that they received information at around 10 p.m. on Saturday that a female body was found in one of the rooms and a police team, along with scientific team and senior officers rushed to the spot immediately.The woman had come to the lodge along with her husband, Sameedmon A.S., from Kollam, Kerala. The husband is missing currently. They were married for three years. An unnatural death case is registered and an inquest was conducted in the presence of an executive magistrate said the SP. .He said that police are checking the video footage of CCTVs installed in the locality and will seek to identify a person who allegedly met the couple at the hotel. He also informed that police have seized the couple’s belongings, a letter and other items from the crime spot. (IANS)
3 of family killed in accident
LATEHAR, Nov 26: Three members of a family including a six-year-old boy were killed while a three-year-old girl was seriously injured following a head-on collision between a truck and a motorbike in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Sunday, a police officer said.The injured girl was referred to Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), he said. The incident happened around 90km from state capital Ranchi, around 4pm. The police said four members of a family were riding a motorbike which was hit by a truck. The man, woman and their son were killed on the spot, while their daughter was seriously injured. After primary check-up at Balumath community health centre, the girl was referred to RIMS in Ranchi for better treatment. The deceased were identified as Vijay Ganjhu (28), Devanti Devi (26) and Amrit Kumar (six), while the injured girl was identified as Ankita Kumari. (PTI)
Iranian nationals arrested in UP
MAHARAJGANJ (UP), Nov 26: Two Iranian nationals were arrested here while trying to cross over to Nepal using fake documents, a senior immigration official said on Sunday.Solat Karmalou (22) and Rashid Samadidoukanlu (40), travelling from India to Nepal, were arrested by the Immigration Department in Sonauli area last night as their visas and passports had expired.Two illegal visas allegedly bearing forged stamps were recovered from both Iranian nationals, officials said. A case has been registered against them under sections 419 and 420 of the IPC and under section 14 of The Foreigners Act. The IB has been informed about the matter and they are being questioned. Sonauli in Maharajganj district is located on the India-Nepal border and is a common transit point between the two countries. (PTI)