Dalit couple's immolation bid foiled.UNABLE to register a case against the alleged killers of their 25- year- old son, an elderly Scheduled Caste sched·uled caste n. Any of the historically disadvantaged Indian castes of low rank, now under government protection. [From such castes having been entered on a list or "schedule" during British rule.] couple tried to immolate im·mo·late tr.v. im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing, im·mo·lates 1. To kill as a sacrifice. 2. To kill (oneself) by fire. 3. To destroy. themselves in Kanpur on Wednesday. The bid was foiled. Tara Chand Tara Chand is a prominent algoza player of Punjab, India who performs along with Kuldip Manak. He lives in Ludhiana. With the advent of MTV culture in India, traditional cultural music has either declined in terms of popularity or artists who can perform are hard to find. ( 65) and his wife Savitri Devi Savitri Devi (September 30, 1905, Lyon, France — October 22, 1982, Essex, England) was the pseudonym of the French writer Maximine Portaz, of mixed English, Lombard, and Greek ethnicity, married with Asit Krishna Mukherji ( 58) made the unsuccessful immolation im·mo·late tr.v. im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing, im·mo·lates 1. To kill as a sacrifice. 2. To kill (oneself) by fire. 3. To destroy. bid after the police refused to register a case of murder. Their son, Narendra, was found dead on the railway tracks near the Kanpur railway station a month ago. The police said he had committed suicide. Frustrated, the couple declared on Wednesday morning their intention to immolate themselves near a police station in Rural Kanpur district. They doused kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off on themselves, sat on a pyre they had set up and were about to set themselves ablaze when the police took them in custody. They were released with a warning. Narendra was found dead on September 14. " He had gone to a friend's birthday party with other friends. Next day, he and another friend were found dead on the tracks. The police had taken four persons in custody but released them later," Tara Chand said. Kanpur police spokesperson D. K. Chaudhary said: " There were no injury marks on the body. With little evidence to prove it was a case of murder, we closed the case. The investigation suggested they were frustrated because they had no jobs. But we are thinking of reinvestigating the case to clear the doubts of the couple." Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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