Family of four found dead
The Hindu
The bodies were found in a house near Jeppu Market in Mangaluru
A family of four was found dead in a house near Jeppu Market in Mangaluru on December 8.
The police gave their names as Nagesh Shiraguppi, 30, a truck driver, his wife Vijayalakshmi, 26, a security guard, and their children Sapna, 8, and Samarth, 4. The family hails from Sunag village in Bilagi taluk of Bagalkot district.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists