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Flesh believed to be of murdered Bangladeshi lawmaker found in septic tank | Latest News India

Investigators have recovered pieces of flesh from the septic tank of the apartment in New Town in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas where Bangladeshi lawmaker Md Anwarul Azim Anar’s body was allegedly skinned and chopped into pieces after his murder. Md Anwarul Azim Anar was reported missing on May 18. (PTI) Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief Harunor Rashid on Tuesday said the flesh has been preserved and would be sent for forensic analysis and DNA test. “Only then we would be able to confirm whether these belong to the murdered MP [member of Parliament],” he said. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! He said they could match the DNA with that of Anar’s brother and daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen, who was expected in Kolkata in the next few days Rashid said they have the main killer in custody in Dhaka and he was given “a lot of” information. “We requested the [West Bengal Police] CID [Criminal Investigation Department] to help …

UK Conservative lawmaker suspended after backing Reform candidate | World News

British lawmaker Lucy Allan, who had said she would not stand in the national election, was suspended from the governing Conservative Party on Monday, according to news reports, after endorsing the candidate for the right-wing Reform UK party. This marks another setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has been on the campaign trail since calling a general election last week. Dozens of Conservative lawmakers have already said they won’t be standing in the July 4 election. Allan, 59, who was the Conservative member of parliament (MP) for the English town of Telford and has been an MP for nine years, said on social media that she was supporting Reform’s Alan Adams to be the constituency’s next MP. The BBC cited a Conservative Party spokesman as saying that she had been suspended “with immediate effect”, and that “a vote for Reform is a vote for (Labour leader) Keir Starmer”. The party did not respond to Reuters request for a comment. A poll conducted by More in Common published a day after Sunak called the election …

Who was Lasya Nanditha, BRS lawmaker killed in road accident in Hyderabad? | Latest News India

Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA G Lasya Nanditha was killed in a road accident in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Friday morning. Nandita was returning to the city when the accident took place. According to the police, the driver of the vehicle – Maruti XL6 – lost control and rammed into the metal barrier on the left side of the expressway, killing the BRS MLA on the spot. However, the car driver was admitted to a nearby private hospital in Patancheru and is in critical condition at present. Lasya Nanditha (X/Revanth Reddy) Who is BRS lawmaker Lasya Nanditha? Born in 1986 in Hyderabad, Lasya Nanditha made her entry into politics around a decade ago. G Lasya Nanditha is the daughter of former BRS legislator late G Sayanna. She was a former corporator in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from the Kavadiguda division. She was elected from the Secunderabad Cantonment assembly constituency in the assembly elections last November. Nanditha was given the BRS ticket from the Secunderabad Cantonment constituency after the death of her father Sayanna, a five-time …

Maharashtra Lawmaker Seeks Action Against Poonam Pandey For Faking Death

Poonam Pandey on Saturday said that she is alive (File) Mumbai: Maharashtra legislator Satyajeet Tambe on Saturday demanded that Mumbai police take action against model-actor Poonam Pandey for putting out fake news of her death. A case should be registered against Ms Pandey to make an example of her for those who resort to such stunts to promote themselves, said Tambe, an independent member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. A day after the news of her death from cervical cancer dominated the news cycle and led to intense debate on social media — PTI never confirmed the death in its reporting — 32-year-old Poonam Pandey announced on Saturday that she was alive, and the fake news was published to spread “critical awareness” about the disease. Action should be taken against her as she “made or published false or misleading information,” MLC Tambe said in a statement. “The news of an influencer/model dying of cervical cancer cannot be a means to spread awareness about the disease. The entire episode takes away the serious nature of cervical …

Odisha police intensify probe into mysterious death of Russian lawmaker Pavel Antov

Russian lawmaker Pavel Antov. | Photo Credit: Twitter The Odisha police intensified the probe into mysterious circumstances under which Pavel Antov, a known critic of President Vladimir Putin, died in the southern district of Rayagada, 400 km from here, on December 24. Antov (65) had come to Rayagada along with friend Bydanov Vladimir (61), and a Russian couple Turov Mikhail (63) and Panasenko Natalia as part of sightseeing, said Rayagada police on Tuesday. They were staying in Sai International Hotel at district headquarter town of Rayagada. After landing in Bhubaneswar, they had come to Rayagada via Daringbadi, a scenic place in Kandhamal district, said Rasmi Ranjan Pradhan, Inspector in Charge of Rayagada Police Station. They had also visited Chatikona, a traditional tribal market, before reaching Rayagada. “On the evening of December 21, 2022, they had a drink in the hotel room. Vladimir was found dead on the morning of December 22. According to a doctor, Vladimir had died of a heart attack. He had alcohol on empty stomach,” said Mr. Pradhan. “It took two days …