Here are the important developments from Kerala to watch out for today.
- Tanur boat accident: Search operations by NDRF and Navy began early morning today, amid fears that the death toll of 22 may go up. Postmortem procedures also began. The bodies will be released to the families in a couple of hours.
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader V.D. Satheesan will visit the site of the tragedy and the victims’ families today.
- BMS union in KSRTC begins strike demanding timely payment of salary for employees. Long-distance services likely to be hit.
- The man arrested by Ernakulam rural police on the charge of murdering his woman co-worker had plotted the crime and even did a recce of the spot deep inside the forest where it was committed. Police are set to seek his custody and reenact the crime by taking him along the route he had taken with the victim.
