Manimekalai, 29, from Salem posed as a policewoman to enter the government hospital’s maternity wards. She befriended the victim, whose name was also Manimekalai and who had two other small children, by promising to get her financial help. She took the woman along with her children and made them stay at a lodge nearby.
Two days later, Manimekalai brought the mother back to the hospital but left with the baby on the pretext of going to the scan room.
When she did not return, the woman complained to police with the help of the hospital staff. Police zeroed in on Manimekalai based on the hospital’s surveillance camera and her mobile phone records. They found that her sister, driver and a hospital security guard were her associates. Police also found another three-year-old boy in Manimekalai’s custody whom she had kidnapped three years ago.
The baby was restored to its mother.
Sri Krishna Sweets heirs go to court over trademark
The Madras High Court has dismissed a dispute over brand trademark between two heirs of Coimbatore’s famed Sri Krishna Sweets.
The popular sweet shop begun by Mahadeva Iyer in 1972 today has around 100 outlets in South India and many abroad.
However recently Mahadeva Iyer’s sons Murali and Krishnan partitioned their property after which Murali went to court over Krishnan using the Sri Krishna brand name for his shops.
Murali claimed that his father had registered the trademark to his name in 1948.
The court verified the claim and ruled that Krishnan had equal right over the trademark.
Murali has decided to appeal in the Supreme Court.
Actors booked for drunken driving
Popular actor Jai Sampath and screen comedian Premgi Amaran were caught for drunken driving and hitting the road divider on the Adyar flyover in Chennai around 2.30am last week.
Police said the two actors were returning from a party when they lost control. Police cancelled Jai’s licence since he had erred similarly in 2014.
Fortunately no one was injured as the road was deserted at that time.
Jai, a nephew of music composer Deva, has acted in hit films like Bhagavathi, Subramaniapuram, Chennai-28, Raja Rani, Goa and Engayeum Eppothum.
Premgi is an actor, music composer, lyricist and singer. He is the son of music composer Gangai Amaran.
Boy hit on head with bat dies
A 12-year-old boy died after being hit on the head with a cricket bat that slipped off his teacher’s hand during a match at his school in Vittampalayam village in Tiruchengodu town in Salem district.
Visveshwaran was in coma for four days before he died. His parents and relatives staged a protest at the school demanding the suspension of the teacher Kuppusamy.
Kuppusamy was arrested and suspended by the school. His claims of it being a freak incident were ignored.
Pacemaker of dead man donated
In a rare humanitarian gesture, a family donated their deceased father’s pacemaker to the Coimbatore medical college hospital last week.
Rajesh Kannan was counselled to donate his father Ponnusamy’s pacemaker after he died of renal failure recently.
