REGION DIGEST

REGION DIGEST

06.02.2021

Man held for impersonating govt officer

The Salem city police on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old man who impersonated as a district revenue officer of Erode district. The arrested has been identified as N Moorthy, 40, from P Nattamangalam near Kondalampatti in Salem city. Moorthy came to Kondalampatti police station on Thursday and introduced himself as district revenue officer (DRO) in Erode.

He lodged a complaint saying that his motorcycle went missing from his house and suspected the involvement of a staff member of a private finance company for the theft. During the inquiry, the Kondalampatti police found that the vehicle was taken away by a private finance company as Moorthy failed to pay monthly installment for the vehicle.

Declare cairn circles protected sites, says PIL: The Madras high court on Friday directed the ASI and state archaeology department to inspect and submit a report on a plea which sought to declare the areas where cairn circles are situated at Sivaganga and Karur districts, as protected sites.

Voter ID card through speed post: The state elections department has entered into an agreement with India Post to send electors' photo identity card through speed post to the applicant. Chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo said the initiative would be completely free of cost and applicable to the first time voters. "We have got the orders of the Election Commission to send the ID cards to first time voters through speed post. The tie up with India Posts is for five years," Sahoo said.