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Girl dead, 27 others ill from eating chaat

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January 25, 2017

Shahjahanpur, Jan 25: A 14-year-old girl died and some 27 people, most of them children, were taken ill after eating chaat sold by a vendor selling snacks on a handcart at Khanousa village near Gola city in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Monday evening. The condition of eight of the children was said to be serious. They were taken to the district hospital in Lakhimpur city. The others were admitted to the community health centre in Gola city.

chaatThough no FIR was registered, the girl's body was sent for post-mortem on Tuesday. Samples of the chaat were sent for tests, police said.

The incident happened under Hyderabad police station. SHO Pradeep Mishra said, "Around 27 people fell ill after eating snacks on Monday evening. Later, a girl died. We have sent the body for a post-mortem to confirm the reason for he death while the other victims of food poisoning are now out of danger. Further action against the snack-seller will be taken on the basis of the reports. "

All the people who had the chaat had complained of stomach ache and vomiting. By midnight, they were admitted to a nearby hospital.

According to reports, Poonam, 14, was taken to the nearest health centre where she was discharged after being given treatment. When she reached home, her condition worsened and she died before any further medical aid could be provided to her. By that time, many other children were also rushed to the hospital .

On Tuesday morning, chief medical officer Javed Ahmad sent a team of experts to the village to ensure that timely treatment is given to those affected. The medical experts suspect those ill were suffering from food poisoning and distributed medicines to all those who had the chaat. A medical camp has been set up at the village for the next two days.

Kishori Lal, Poonam's father, was not sure if his daughter died of food poisoning. He claimed that even those who did not eat the chaat had taken ill. There are serious hygiene issues at the village and local administration has ignored them, he added.

Station officer of Hyderabad police station Pradeep Mishra, tehsildar Mahendra Pal, CMO Javed Ahmad, in charge of Gola community health centre Amit Vajpai and a team of doctors visited the village after receiving news of several people falling ill.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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June 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jun 26: A man, who had returned from Bahrain on Thursday and has been under quarantine at his house in Villyapallai near here, has been stabbed on his arm by an unidentified person.

Police sources said the assailant, with a masked face, had ransacked the man's house by break-opening the door at midnight lat night and stabbed Lijeesh on his arm and fled from the scene.

The nearby residents took Lijeesh to a nearby hospital and was put back on quarantine. 

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June 14,2020

Mandya, Jun 14: In a tragic incident, a woman and her two children were drowned in a pond at Beeranahalli village in Nagamangala taluk of this district on Sunday.

Police said that the deceased have been identified as Geeta (40), and her two children Savita(19) and Soumya(14).

Savaitha is a degree student while Soumya was studying in 9th standard. The trio drowned in a pond where they had gone to wash their cows. The locals rushed to the spot and tried to rescue them but could not save.

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