Kottayam:  The police have taken the car that ran over the girl in Pala. The owner of the car that hit the girl is Norbut George, a native of Poonjar, an X Service officer. He is currently working as security in SBI, Erattupetta.

The incident happened yesterday afternoon. The girl’s hand was injured in the accident. Sneha Omanakuttan, a native of Katturutthi Ayamkudi, was injured. After hitting Sneha in the middle of the road, the car kept going without stopping. 

Kochi:  The High Court rejected the plea seeking a CBI probe against minister Saji Cherian in the Mallapally speech. The court also stated that the demand for a CBI investigation into the Mallapilli speech is immature. The court also said that the petitioner can approach the Magistrate Court with a restraining order against the referral report of the investigation team.

The High Court had earlier rejected the plea to disqualify Saji Cherian from the post of MLA for allegedly making unconstitutional remarks. The police had submitted an investigation report that Saji Cherian MLA did not speak in contempt of the Constitution when he was a minister. It was also stated in the report that further action will be taken on the complaint regarding this. Today, the High Court rejected the petition filed by the CBI seeking an investigation against this.

Kochi: The High Court has issued an ultimatum to immediately confiscate the assets of Popular Front of India in the incident of violence under the guise of hartal. The court also directed to complete the confiscation proceedings and submit the district wise report immediately. It is suggested that the report be submitted by January 23.

The court’s order came while hearing a case taken up by the court on its own initiative regarding the damage caused by the Popular Front hartal. The petition was heard by the Division Bench of the High Court. The Division Bench has also clarified that there is no need to issue notice for confiscation proceedings.

Earlier, the court had expressed its displeasure and severely criticized the lack of movement for confiscation by the government. Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Dr. V. Venu, who was present in person, expressed his regret in the High Court for the delay in the action. The government had also assured that the confiscation process would be completed by January 15. The case was heard again today to check the progress in the proceedings. The petition is being considered by the division bench comprising Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice CP Muhammad Niaz.

After the NIA raided the popular front offices and arrested the leaders, the lightning hartal was unleashed in the state wide tension. The court also asked the leaders to pay Rs 5.2 crore as compensation for the attacks on the hartal. The court ordered the confiscation of the properties of the Popular Front of India and state general secretary A Abdul Sattar to recover the losses incurred during the hartal day.

Kochi: Gold worth Rs. 46 lakh, which was brought in capsule form, was seized from the Kochi International Airport. Masad, a native of Malappuram who had come from Dubai, was arrested in the incident.

He injected 906 grams of gold in the form of four capsules.

Ernakulam: At least seven people were in the hospital after eating Kuzhimanthi in Ernakulam Paravur. The health department of the Majlis Hotel in Paravur was closed due to food poisoning. The health department said that strict action will be taken after the investigation.

Three people from Majlis Hotel in Paravur, who had eaten Kuzhimanthi last night, sought treatment first thing in the morning. The Paravur Government Hospital officials informed the health department and sealed the hotel. Later, four more people sought treatment. It was informed that they also ate Kuzhimanthi from the same hotel. With this, the number of people who sought treatment increased to seven.

In the past few days, the food squad had inspected the hotels in Paravur. These included majlis but no old food items were found. The health department said that strict action will be taken after investigating the incident.

Thiruvananthapuram: The official YouTube channel of Kerala Police has been hacked. The official channel was hacked this morning. The police informed that they are making vigorous efforts to recapture the channel. Official videos of the police were provided on the channel.

All three videos were posted on the page by the hackers. It was not possible to find out who hacked the page.