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BMTC bus kills pedestrian, rams seven parked vehicles

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August 30, 2013

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Bangalore, Aug 30: For 25-year-old Sanjay Mahesh Angadi , it was just another working day. He was walking on 1st Main, Chamarajpet, around noon when he heard a strange noise and turned around. To his shock, a BMTC bus was hurtling towards him and before he knew what was happening , it crushed him to death.

The bus was plying between Chamarajpet and Vijaynagar. The driver stopped at the Royan Circle and then started again. A few minutes later, he started going in a zig-zag manner, said a passenger. Initial investigation into the accident said it may have been a technical snag resulting in brake failure . The bus knocked down seven parked vehicles before mowing down Sanjay, a field executive with a private internet service company. The damaged vehicles included a water tanker, two autorickshaws , three two-wheelers and a goods auto carrier. Sanjay was walking to Chamarajpet 2nd Main to attend to a problem when the accident occurred . The technician, a native of Banahatti in Bagalkot, stayed in Rajajinagar I Block and is survived by wife Suma Angadi and a 6-month-old daughter.

Bus driver Naveen, attached to the 16th depot, fled the scene leaving behind the vehicle (KA 01 F 4955). He was later arrested by Chamarajpet police. "He claims the brakes failed. But we're waiting for the RTO officer's report which will confirm if there was any technical snag," police said.

Chaos after accident

Enraged onlookers pelted stones at the bus and damaged the windshield. Their fury increased when no BMTC official visited the spot and traffic was affected for nearly 30 minutes as over 40 protesters blocked traffic.

Balakrishna Gowda, a passenger in the killer bus, told mediapersons, "The bus started from Makkala Koota stop and suddenly started swerving. I stood up and saw the driver trying to stop the vehicle by standing on the brake pedal. The bus brushed a mini-truck and headed to the parked vehicles. Only after getting down did we hear that a pedestrian had died," he said. Autorickshaw driver Shanta Kumar saw the driver taking an injured person in an auto. "After the accident, the driver got down and bundled Nanjunde Gowda, who sustained injuries to his right leg, into an auto and left the accident spot," he said.

Sanjay's colleagues staged a protest outside the KIMS hospital mortuary, condemning BMTC officials for running buses with technical snags. BMTC announced compensation of Rs 15,000 to his family.

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Agencies
May 26,2020

New Delhi, May 26: A massive fire broke out on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday in the slums of the Tughlaqabad area in south east Delhi in which over 250 shanties were gutted, however, no one was injured, fire officials said.

Atul Garg, Chief Fire Officer, told IANS, "We came to know about the fire in the slums around 12.15 a.m. following which 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. And the fire was brought under control by 4 a.m."

He said, the Tughalaqbad slums have over 500 shanties, out of which over 250 have been destroyed in the fire.

He said, it took time for the fire tenders to reach the spot as it was on the hills, but the fire was doused within four hours and by 8 a.m. cooling off procedure has also been completed.

When asked if there is any casualty in the incident, he said, "No injury or casualty has been reported."

He also said that as of now the actual reason for the fire is not known. "But we are trying to find out the reason of the fire," Garg added.

South East Deputy Commissioner of Police R.P. Meena said, "In the night it seemed that almost 500 shanties were gutted. However, in the morning it became clear that only 250 shanties have been gutted in fire."

He said, the South East district police after receiving the call also rushed the ambulances and the local police team in the area for rescue operation. Meena further said that very few people were residing in the shanties, and the people came out of their shanties after the fire broke out in one of them.

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Agencies
January 15,2020

Chandigarh, Jan 15: A man, who has killed two women over infidelity over the last 10 years was arrested from a news channel studio in Chandigarh when he confessed to these crimes during a live programme, police said.

In the television programme on News18, the 31-year-old accused, Maninder Singh, who is a cab driver, confessed killing his live-in partner, a 27-year-old nurse Sarabjit Kaur at a Chandigarh hotel on New Year's Eve.

Singh, a former murder convict and currently out on bail, also confessed about his crime committed in Karnal in 2010.

"I killed her (Sarabjit Kaur) because she was having an affair with her sister-in-law's brother," Maninder told the news channel.

Confessing his previous crime, Maninder said he had killed Renu in Karnal. "She was also having an affair with a man from Uttar Pradesh," he said.

Singh was arrested while the programme was still on air as police rushed into the studio.

Haryana Police had arrested him for killing the woman in 2010. He was convicted by a trial court, but he later got bail from the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

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July 31,2020

Amaravati, Jul 31: Nine people have died after allegedly consuming sanitiser in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the police said.

Prakasam district Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal said the people had been consuming sanitiser for the past few days, mixing it with water and soft drinks.

"We are also investigating whether they laced the sanitiser with any other toxic substances," the official said.

"Their family members say these people have been consuming sanitiser for the past ten days. We are sending the sanitiser stocks, being sold in the area, for examination," he added.

Kurichedu in Prakasam district has been under lockdown due to rise in coronavirus cases and hence, liquor shops have also been shut since the past few days.

Habitual drinkers were said to be consuming sanitisers that have alcohol content, apart from illicitly distilled arrack.

The police said two beggars near a temple were the first to fall victim on Thursday night. While one of them was found dead at the spot, another died in the government hospital in Darsi town, they said.

A third person was also taken to the Darsi hospital late on Thursday night after he fell unconscious but he was declared brought dead. Six others who fell ill after allegedly consuming sanitiser, died this morning.

Others who fell ill after consuming sanitiser are undergoing treatment at their residences in the village, the police added.

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