Welfare pension distribution has begun in the state. Two installments are being distributed, including one arrears and the May pension. Each pension beneficiary will receive Rs 3,200 each. The government aims to complete the pension distribution within a week.

Based on the government’s announcement that the welfare pension arrears will be paid this financial year itself, pensions have started reaching the hands of beneficiaries from today, including one installment arrears. Beneficiaries will receive a pension of Rs 1,600 each.

Including the May pension and one arrears, a pension beneficiary will receive Rs 3,200 this month. While the amount reaches the bank accounts of 26.62 lakh people, the pension is being handed over to the homes of others through cooperative banks through employees.

There are 62 lakh pension beneficiaries in the state. Kerala has implemented the most comprehensive social security pension scheme in India. The state itself provides 98 percent of the funds required for this, with the central government contributing less than two percent.

The court has remanded the accused who raped the child in the murder of a four-year-old girl in Thiruvaniyur, Ernakulam to police custody. The Muvattupuzha POCSO court remanded the child’s relative in custody for two days. The police will soon question the child’s mother and the accused together.

The Muvattupuzha POCSO court remanded the child’s paternal brother in custody for two days on a custody application filed by the Puthen Kurish police. The custody period is until Monday.

The police will soon question both of them together to confirm that the child’s mother was aware of the rape. The mother is currently in the custody of the Chengamanadu police in the case of the child’s murder.

The investigation team has decided to complete the interrogation before the mother’s custody period expires. The accused had told the police that he had been abusing the child for about a year. The mother told the police that she was not aware of the abuse. However, the police did not fully believe this.

Immediately after the postmortem, the police questioned him at his home. The child had been a victim of abuse for 20 hours before she was killed. At that time, the accused, who was a male, was the only one present at the home. The police, becoming suspicious, put him under surveillance. After the child’s funeral, the accused was called to the police station and questioned before being taken into custody.