Pingali Venkayya, the freedom fighter who designed the It is the responsibility of parents tri-colour was born at to teach boys to respect girls and ESL Narasimhan, Bhatlapenumarru in Krishna dist women from childhood itself Governor

VIJAYAWADA SUNDAY 03 12�02�2017 Mom inflicts burns on two-year-old girl child Father of the kid notices the burn injuries and reports it to police; mother flees the house following the incident

A living hell EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Shocking mother’s brutality Shoukat Ali and Asma married IN a shocking incident, a mother inflicted Asma was angered with the baby Afreen as six years ago and have two burns on her two-year-old child at her resi- she spoiled the bed sheet. Afreen was suffer- children. Their marriage is dence in Rajarajeswari Pet area of the city ing from diarrhoea for the last two days, said going through a rough patch late on Friday night. Shoukat. When Shoukat went to market to with frequent quarrels. The mother of the child, identified as Md buy essential commodities for his fast food Shoukat Ali in his complaint Asma Begum, committed this heinous act to centre, Asma burnt the private parts and legs mentioned that Asma used to vent her anger at her husband. The child was of the child with a big fork like spoon used to beat the kids often. He said shifted to Government General Hospital for fry noodles. earlier Asma had beaten their treatment. On his return from the market, Shoukat son Khaja with a stick on his A complaint was registered with Kothapet noticed the burn injuries on his daughter head and fractured the hand of police by the child’s father Md Shoukat Ali. Afreen’s body.He immediately rushed her to his daughter Afreen. On his According to Kothapet police, Shoukat Ali a hospital and lodged a complaint with the return from the market, and Asma married six years ago and have police. Asma Begum fled the house following Shoukat noticed the burn two children. Their marriage is going the incident. injuries on his daughter through a rough patch with frequent quar- On knowing about the incident, Health Afreen’s body. He immediately rels. Shoukat Ali in his complaint mentioned minister Kamineni Srinivas directed the rushed her to a hospital. that Asma used to beat the kids often, which GGH doctors to take good care of the kid and is one of the reasons for quarrels between give the best possible treatment. He also them. He said earlier Asma had beaten their asked the police to register a case against the Burn injuries on Afreen’s son Khaja with a stick on his head and frac- mother of the child and initiate stringent legs | EXPRESS tured the hand of his daughter Afreen. action. Gunadala Mary Matha festival attracts multitudes EXTRA RUSH 4 spl trains of devotees soaked in devotion on concluding day to EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE different faiths from across the third day of the fete. Devotees of- T Raja Rao said that devotees who EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE @ Vijayawada State visited the shrine and of- fered special prayers to Mary pray Mother Mary would be re- @ fered prayers and special rituals Matha and Jesus by breaking co- lieved of troubles. Lakhs of pil- THE three-day Gunadala Mary during the three-day festival. conuts and getting their hair ton- grims from all over the State and IN order to clear extra rush the Matha festival concluded on a On Saturday, serpentine queues sured on the temple premises. some foreigners attended the South Central Railway will run grand note here on Saturday. were seen on the hill shrine for Speaking on the occasion, Vi- three-day event and had darshan four special trains between Hy- Around five lakh devotees from darshan of Mother Mary on the jayawada Catholic Diocese Bishop of Mother Mary, said the bishop. derabad and Kakinada Town. At the other end, the priests per- Hyderabad-Kakinada Town formed ‘Samisti Divya Bali Pooja’ special train will depart from Hy- in the morning and evening and derabad at 18:50 hrs on February explained the devotees about the 14 and 17 and arrive in Kakinada miracles of Jesus Christ. Town at 05:15 hrs the next day. The devotees performed ‘Div- In the return direction, the yastha Prasada Aradhana’ and train will depart from Kakinada Swasthatha Prarthanas at Bishop Town at 19:35 hrs on February 15 Grassi High School grounds. and arrive in Hyderabad at 08:45 The Revenue, Municipal Corpo- hrs. the next day.Kakinada Town- ration and Police department of- Hyderabad special train will de- ficials made arrangements for the part from Kakinada Town at 18:10 smooth conduct of the Mary hrs on February 19 and and ar- Matha Utsavams. Traffic restric- rive in Hyderabad at 05:10 hrs the tions/diversions were imposed for next day. the convenience of pilgrims. The balloon and toy sellers, fast food centres and the pushcart ven- dors arranged stalls on either side of the road to make fast bucks dur- ing the three-day fete. The AP- SRTC operated special buses to Pandit Nehru Bus Station and rail- way station for the devotees till Sunday morning to ensure hassle- free journey.

Thousands of devotees offer prayers at Gunadala Matha Shrine in Vijayawada on Saturday | EXPRESS Ganja worth `23 L seized, three held

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GANJA worth `23 lakh was seized from an Eicher van at Rajanagaram on Friday night while it was being smuggled from district. Disclosing this to newsmen here on Saturday,East Zone DSP Ramesh Babu said Rajanagaram CI Kanaka Rao intercepted the van following a tip- off. K Ramakrishna, K Lova Raju and I Srinivasa Rao of Kakileru village in Iragavaram mandal of West Goda- vari district used to smuggle ganja from Dondapudi vil- lage in Ravikamatham mandal of Visakhapatnam dis- trict regularly. The trio who were travelling in the van with 13 gunny bags of ganja, were taken into custody. Six cellphones and `4,450 were seized from them, the DSP said. A case was registered. Driver dies as van hits bullock cart

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A van driver died and five others were injured in a road accident at Vennadevi village in Sattenapalli mandal in the early hours of Saturday. According to police, Sk Baji (45) Nagarampalem who was driving a Maruti van, hit a bullock cart, which re- sulted in his instantaneous death. Two persons were travelling in the ill-fated van com- ing to Guntur from Piduguralla. Villagers of Kankanam- padu were returning on the bullock cart from Sri Lak- shmi Tirupatamma Tirunallu in Dhulipalla when the mishap occurred. Sattenapalli Rural SI K Venkatrao reg- istered a case.