Gang cheats woman, makes off with her baby, in Chennai
The Hindu
Police have launched an investigation and are on the lookout for three people
The Vepery police are in search of a woman and her two accomplices, who stole a baby girl from her mother, after luring the woman with money in Purasawalkam on Sunday.
The police said a complaint was lodged by M. Yasmin to rescue her baby who was taken away by a woman named Jayageetha of Tsunami Colony in Ennore. Yasmin had got friendly with her during her visit to a private hospital for health treatment in Kellys.
The 28-year-old complainant, who was also pregnant with her second child, wanted to abort the pregnancy as her husband had left her and as she did not have the means to bring up the children. The accused, Jayageetha told Yasmin that she would get her a lot of money if she was willing to sell the child, and believing her, Yasmin gave birth to a girl child at a government hospital in Washermenpet on November 21.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.