Havoc as leopard returns; 1 hurt

March 17, 2012

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Mysore, March 17: After a lull of a few months, a leopard strayed into the city on?Friday, causing anxious moments for hours. However, unlike previous such instances, an elderly man suffered injuries when the big cat attacked him unaware.


Abdul Rehman?Shariff, aged 60 years and a watchman at an autorickshaw shed in A?J?Block on Udayagiri main road, came out of the shed after hearing the barking dogs. It was around 6 am and curious Shariff moved further, only to be attacked by the big cat.

Petrified, he fell on his back, while the leopard bit him on his hand, abdomen and also right leg. He also suffered heard injuries in the melee.

When the barking dogs came running behind, the leopard jumped on the autos parked inside and made its way into a thick bush near a huge drain behind Doddamma Thaayi Kalyana Mantapa.

Forest personnel, who by then had been informed about the incident from the control room at deputy commissioner’s office, rushed to the spot only to hear about the incident.

The leopard played hide and seek and remained elusive. Around 11 am, a local informed the forest personnel about sighting the wild animal near a bush. To their dismay, when they kept a watch on the bush from the other side of the drain, nothing fructified.

Moreover, a stray dog went inside the bush and came out forcing the personnel on toes with a tranquiliser gun on his hand to have a second thought.

Unfazed, some among the public thought of an idea and hit the bush with a ladder repeatedly, forcing the hiding leopard to eventually come out. The operation that had taken a pause awhile, regained pace at 11 am, when the leopard gave some hard time for the forest personnel to dart.


Finally, after receiving two shots of dart, the leopard gave up, facilitating forest and alert public to net the animal. It was a male, aged about five years. It was also robust, assistant conservator of forest Devaraj told Deccan Herald. The leopard was later released near Kaimara bordering Kerala, at D?B?Kuppe forest range in Nagarahole National Park.


Don’t disturb them’

In an appeal that could evade possible danger during leopard sightings in the city, assistant conservator of forest Devaraj said: “All animals are shy in nature and they do not harm anybody if left undisturbed. The animals react and attack only when they are either teased or hit by external force. With shrinking forest cover, leopards are breeding in sugarcane fields in all parts of the state, as they find it safe. During summer, they venture out of the fields.”

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July 9,2020

Etawah, Jul 9: Another aide of the Kanpur encounter accused Vikas Dubey, Bahua Dubey, died in an encounter with the police, here on Thursday.

"Today at around 4.30 AM, in an encounter with the Etawah Police, one person has died. from him, a rifle and a pistol too has been recovered. When we shared the information with the Kanpur Police, they identified him as Bahua Dubey," said SSP Etawah Akash Tomar.

"He was involved in the Kanpur encounter alongside Vikas Dubey and there was a bounty of Rs 50,000 on him," he added.

"Around 3 AM on the highway near Mahewa Police Station Bakewar, a Swift Dzire car was looted by four armed assailants on a Scorpio. Around 4:30 AM, they were intercepted at Kachaura road under Police Station Civil lines by the police. When police parties chased them, the car collided with a tree, and criminals started firing at the police," he further said.

Dubey sustained injuries during the encounter and was pronounced dead when taken to the hospital. However, the other three managed to escape. One pistol, a double-barrel gun, and several cartridges have been recovered, he informed further.

Earlier today, Prabhat Mishra, also an aide of the main accused, died after being shot at by the police.

Mishra had sustained an injury on the leg after being shot at by the police and was rushed to a hospital before being pronounced dead.

Vikas Dubey is the main accused in the encounter that took place in Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants allegedly opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest him. Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.

A search operation is currently underway to nab Dubey.

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July 15,2020

Mumbai, Jul 15: A domestic row between a couple spilled onto road when a woman stopped her husbands car and climbed on its bonnet, briefly disrupting traffic on the busy Pedder Road in South Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.

The incident, which took place on Saturday evening, was recorded by some passersby on their mobile phones and its videos are making rounds on social media.

The wife chased the husband's SUV (sports utility vehicle) in her car after she spotted another woman seated next to him in his vehicle.

As her husband's SUV stopped at the Pedder Road signal, the wife get down from her car, rushed towards his four-wheeler and started shouting at him, a police official said.

In the video, the woman is seen climbing the bonnet of the SUV, removing her footwear and hitting the vehicle's windshield with it. She is also seen asking the husband's co- passenger to get out of the SUV and shouting for police help.

As she stopped her car in the middle of the busy road, one lane got blocked for some time and the traffic police personnel present there tried to ensure movement of other vehicles, the official said.

After sometime, the traffic police asked the couple to take their cars near the footpath.

By that time, the husband stepped out of his SUV, following which the wife ran towards him and caught him. She even kicked him a couple of times and took him to her car, the video shows.

She then again ran towards her husband's SUV, which was parked a few metres away. She opened its driver-side door and lunged at the woman seated in the vehicle, but was stopped by some people who had gathered at the spot, the police official said.

Later, the couple and their cars were taken to Gamdevi police station, where the wife refused to lodge a complaint against her husband.

A fine was imposed on her for traffic rules violation and abandoning her car in the middle of the road, which caused disruption of vehicular movement, the official said.

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February 19,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 19: Bengaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) on Wednesday raided a spa in Koramangala area and rescued six girls.

The owner of the spa is absconding and the manager has been arrested.

Further details are awaited.

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