THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the incident where a patient was beaten up by the security staff at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, the principal of Medical College has suspended the sergeant. 

 A native of Peroorkada Mannamula B. Sreekumar had  beaten up by security officer.  Footage of this was circulated on social media.  On the 16th of last month, the young man, who suffered from epilepsy, was taken to the Peroorkada hospital by his friend and then to the medical college.  It is alleged that after being brought to the ambulance, when the friend went to call his mother, he was beaten and kicked out by the security personnel.  It is clear in the footage that two men in uniform and one without uniform brutally beat them.

 The police registered the arrest of the child’s mother in the case of beating a one-year-old child in Alappuzha, Mannar.  Last night, she took the footage of the child being beaten and sent it to her husband, asking him to pay the expenses for the children.

 Anisha is the fourth wife of her husband Mujeeb.  After marriage, Mujeeb went abroad.  Locals say that Mujeeb is a marriage fraudulent.  

 As soon as the footage of the brutal beating of a one-year-old child came to light, the women was called to the Mannar station and the process of her arrest was started.  The Child Rights Commission and the Child Welfare Society came to know about the incident.  Anisha has two children and it has been directed to hand over these two children to the Child Welfare Committee.

 The child’s mother will be remanded today.  The child’s mother told the police that the financial difficulties due to non-payment of expenses led to the beating.  The Child Rights Commission has asked the district police chief to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.

Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain warning in the state today.  Meteorological department has declared yellow alert in 8 districts.  Yellow alert has been announced by the meteorological department in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur Kasaragod districts.

 Heavy rain is forecast across the state on Friday.  As part of vigilance, yellow alert has been announced in ten districts.  There is rain warning in the districts except Pathanamthitta, 

 Kannur: Swapna Suresh granted bail in defamation case filed by CPM state secretary MV Govindan.  Bail was granted by Thaliparamb Magistrate Court.  Another accused in the case, Vijesh Pillai, had already got bail.

 The case was filed against Swapna’s allegation that MV Govindan offered Rs 30 crore through Vijesh Pillai to withdraw from gold smuggling allegations against the Chief Minister and his family.  Meanwhile, Swapna Suresh said that she stands by the allegations against MV Govindan.