Holi revelry claims three lives in Hyderabad

March 9, 2012

Hyderabad, March 9: Holi revelry claimed three lives in the city on Thursday. Two youth drowned in different water bodies, while another young man died in a road mishap.

At around noon, after playing Holi, P Ravi, 21, along with his friends Yadagiri and Ramesh went to bathe in Suryanarayana cheruvu in Godumakunta near Keesara, police said.

"The trio entered the lake and Ravi was walking behind his friends. After a few minutes, Yadagiri and Ramesh turned around and found Ravi had disappeared. After making a futile search, they informed police,'' Keesara sub-inspector Saideshwar said.

Police said Ravi, who was into charcoal business, drowned at a location where the lakebed was slushy. He was a native of Amalapuram, but was staying in Godumakunta.

In a similar incident, Kalifa, 25, entered the Katamaisamma lake near Dundigal, but drowned. Kalifa went into the water body along with his friend Pandu after playing Holi. Kalifa, a resident of Suraram, was from Tamil Nadu.

In the third incident, a 23-year-old person died after the two-wheeler on which he was moving rammed into a pole on Nizam Shahi Road in the wee hours of Thursday.

At around 5.30 am, D Suresh and his friend Javed were returning to their residence in Borabanda after a Holi party with their friends in Aliabad on Wednesday night when the incident happened, the Begumbazar police.

"Javed, who was riding, lost control over the bike and crashed into a pole opposite Andhra Bank on Nizam Shahi Road. Javed escaped with minor injuries, but Suresh suffered severe head injuries. He succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment,'' the Begumbazar police said. Suresh was a businessman, while Javed is an auto driver.

"The duo attended a booze party to celebrate Holi in Aliabad. We suspect that both were in an inebriated condition at the time of the accident." police said. A case was registered against Javed under section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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May 21,2020

Bengaluru, May 21:Tragedy struck an elderly migrant worker who was looking forward to joining his family as he died on reaching a nearby railway station to board a Shramik Special train to his home state Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

The 69-year old man, who worked in a coffee estate in Chikkamagaluru, collapsed and died soon after getting down from a state-run KSRTC bus that brought him and others to the Chikkabanavara Railway station on Wednesday.

According to police, fellow labourers said he had been ailing for quite some time.

The cause of his death would be known only after a post-mortem, police added.

Karnataka government has been sending back thousands of migrant workers stranded in the state due to the COVID-19 lockdown by arranging the special trains.

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July 20,2020

Kozhikode, Jul 20: A 17-year old boy died of head injuries while trying to protect his mother from being assaulted by his drunk father here, police said on Sunday.

The youngster suffered the fatal injury after his head hit against the door when his father shoved him at their home on Saturday. Venu, had come home in an inebriated state and picked up a quarrel with his wife and started beating her up, they said.

On seeing this, Alan tried to intervene. Though the boy was rushed to the hospital, his life could not be saved, they added. Venu was arrested and a case has been registered.

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April 14,2020

New Delhi, Apr 14: A 35-year-old man has been booked by the police for refusing to eat food at a quarantine centre on the ground that it had been cooked by a Dalit.

Reports said Siraj Ahmad, a native of Bhujouli Khurd village under Khadda police station in Kushinagar district, had returned from Delhi on March 29, and was staying at the quarantine centre at the village primary school along with other four people.

On Friday, village head, Lilawati Devi, in absence of the cook, prepared food in the quarantine centre for all the five people but Siraj refused to eat it.

Police, after conducting investigation, registered a FIR against him under the SC/ST Act on Monday.

The village head had lodged a written complaint with the police on Friday and also informed sub-divisional magistrate Desh Deepak Singh and block development officer Ramakant.

SHO Khadda police station, R.K. Yadav said that a case against Siraj was registered under the SC/ST Act.

Meanwhile, on Saturday evening, Vijay Dubey, the local BJP MLA, went to the house of village head and asked her to serve him food cooked by her.

"Untouchability is a social evil that cannot be tolerated at any cost," he said.

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