Kollam: Three persons in custody in the case of the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl from Oyoor.  The accused were arrested from Puliyara in Tenkasi.  It is reported that 2 men and one woman natives of Chathannoor have been arrested.  It is also indicated that the financial dispute with the child’s father is the cause of the problems.  It is also reported that two vehicles were taken into custody.

 It is also suspected that the three accused belong to the same family.  The accused were caught by the Kollam Commissioner’s squad.

 The child was found abandoned in the grounds of the Kollam ashram.

 The child was recovered after a twenty-hour long search.

Thiruvananthapuram: Actress and musician R Subbalakshmi passed away. She was 87 years old.

 She died in Thiruvananthapuram due to old age related illness. She gained attention for her role as a grandmother.

 She was active in art since childhood. Worked in All India Radio in 1951.

  She was the first woman composer of All India Radio in South India.

 She entered the film industry with the film Nandanam.

 She has acted in about 70 Malayalam films including Kalyanaraman, Pandipada, CID Musa, Sound Thoma, Koothara, Pranaya Katha, Seetha Kalyanam, One, Rani Padmini.

Thiruvananthapuram: The High Court has stayed the order of the Transport Secretary to revoke the permit of Robin Bus. The Transport Secretary had revoked the permit citing repeated violations of rules. However, the bus owner and other organizations have filed a petition in the High Court arguing that there was no violation of rules. Considering the petition, the High Court temporarily stayed the order to revoke the permit.

In the past, Transport Minister Antony Raju and MVD had taken strong action against Robin Bus, alleging that it was constantly violating rules. They had fined the bus repeatedly for violating permit rules. Following this, the MVD had seized the bus. A case has been registered against the vehicle by the Motor Vehicles Department. The bus was seized for repeatedly violating the permit in violation of the High Court order.

The Transport Minister had said that seizing the bus was part of the legal process and that the law would take its course. He had said that the bus was taking advantage of the court order. In the wake of this, the Transport Secretary had taken action.

However, the bus owner and other organizations filed a petition in the High Court arguing that there was no violation of rules. Considering the petition, the High Court temporarily stayed the order to revoke the permit. The final verdict on the petition will be issued in the coming days.

The verdict has given Robin Bus owners temporary relief. However, it remains to be seen what the High Court’s final verdict will be.

 Kollam: Kid’s statement that more than one woman was involved in the kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl in Ovieyur.  The police released their sketch.  1 sketches of a woman and a man have been released.

 At the same time, the boy said that there were 2 women in the group that abducted him and that they were in the house where he was staying on Monday night.  The boy told the police that he did not remember the faces of others.  The sketches was handed over to the Kollam ACP and the investigation team at Kottarakkara.

 Meanwhile, a search was conducted at the flat in Pathanamthitta city where the child’s father lived in the case of Abigail Sarah’s abduction.  The boy’s father worked in a private hospital in the city.  The police are investigating whether the financial transactions of the child’s father and others are behind the kidnapping.  Police are also investigating the involvement of mafia groups in the case.  The current assessment of the police is that the child was abducted by a human trafficking group.  But the police have not confirmed anything.

Kannur University VC Gopinath Ravindran’s appointment was canceled by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court observed that the method of appointment was illegal. The verdict was delivered by a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. Justice JB Pardhiwala of the three-judge bench pronounced the verdict.

The same procedure as for appointment need not be applicable for re-appointment. However, the power of re-appointment rests with the chancellor, the court said.

Here, the Governor who is also the Chancellor has stated that the process of reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as Kannur VC is not in his interest. Under the Chancellor’s authority, outside interference is not acceptable.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, therefore, ordered that the re-appointment notification and the High Court order upholding the same be set aside and the appeal allowed.

Kannur University Senate Member Dr. Premachandran Keezhot, Academic Council Member Shino P. Jose is Dr. Gopinath approached the Supreme Court questioning the re-appointment of Ravindran.