Kanpur building collapse: 3-yr-old rescued from debris after 15 hours

February 2, 2017

Kanpur, Feb 2: The NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) teams at around 3.30 am on Thursday pulled out three-year-old Lakshmi who was trapped under the debris for nearly 15 hours after a six-storey under-construction building collapsed in Jajmau area of Kanpur, on Wednesday afternoon.

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NDRF team members said the rescue of the 3-year-old girl has raised hopes that more people will be pulled out alive. "Three-year-old girl Lakshmi was found to be sleeping, has been rushed to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital for necessary medical aid," they said.

"In the rescue operations taken up jointly by the National Disaster Response Force team, Fire and Emergency Services personnel and the police, meanwhile, one more body was retrieved from under the debris of the six-storey under construction building in Jajmau area of Kanpur that collapsed on Wednesday taking the toll to five," said district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma.

The police identified the two deceased as Ramesh and Sarvesh Kumar, both natives of Maharajpur area of the district, while the identity of three others including the one whose body was retrieved on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday is yet to be ascertained.

Police have registered an FIR against the alleged owner of the building Samajwadi Party leader Mahtab Alam and the contractor. "On the complaint of a senior official of KDA (Kanpur Development Authority), who claimed that the construction work at the plot - which covers 387 mtr area, in Pritam Vihar Jajmau, to be illegal, a case at Chakeri police station has been registered under various sections of IPC against Mahtab Alam and contractor, who are on the run," said SSP Akash Kulhari adding that search operations are on to make their arrest possible.

The NDRF team members, who scanned the entire area using advanced equipment, said that around 30 to 50 people are still trapped. "The operation will take another 48 to 72 hours," said Alok singh of the NDRF. He said that the the NDRF teams are not being able to use advance equipments the way the building has collapsed. He said that if advance equipments are used then it could cause damage to the houses in the vicinity of the damaged underconstruction building.

He further said that one more team of NDRF from Varanasi has arrived at the site to advance the rescue operation.

In total now there are five teams of NDRF working hard to pull out the survivors from under the debris of the collapsed building. "We are taking the help of trained dogs and Victim Locating Camera (VLC) to locate those people who could be still alive but trapped. We are also using gas cutters and Hydraulic drill machines to reach deep inside the debris to locate survivors," said another senior member of NDRF adding that they had created a hole of 4x4 feet to reach third-storey, where maximum numbers of people are said to be trapped.

Police barricaded the site as controlling the crowd was becoming an issue.

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Agencies
February 23,2020

Panaji, Feb 23: A MiG-29K aircraft crashed off Goa during a routine training sortie on Sunday morning, the Indian Navy said in a statement.

"The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry into the incident has been ordered," the statement said.

On November 16, a MiG-29K trainer flight had crashed after a bird hit, soon after it took off the Dabolim International airport, which functions out of the Indian Navy base INS Hansa.

Both pilots had managed to safely eject themselves to safety after both the engines of their jet failed.

According to data tabled in the recent budget session of the Goa Assembly, every ten days, at least one aircraft landing or taking off at Goa's Dabolim international airport faces dangers involving birds or stray dogs near the runway.

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May 25,2020

Hyderabad, May 25: Indicating foul play in the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were fished out from a well near Warangal, a forensic expert on Sunday virtually ruled out suicide theory, saying it appeared seven of them had been dragged and thrown into the water body.

Mystery shrouded the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were found in a well, five of them on Friday and four on Thursday, on the outskirts of Warangal in Telangana.

Police stepped up the probe and forensic analysis was also underway in the case.

The forensic expert, who visited the crime scene as part of the investigation citing preliminary tests, said that the seven of nine people had scratch injuries and appeared to have been "dragged" and "thrown" into the well.

Forensic reports are expected in 10 days, the forensic expert told media on Sunday adding after examining the crime scene it appears that the deaths were not suicides.

"We have preserved all organs and the same were sent to forensic science laboratory (FSL) for examination... some two or three persons might have been involved in the crime. There are scratch injuries on the bodies," he said.

"It appears that they were thrown into the water... There were no injuries on the child's body. We are awaiting the forensic report (to ascertain) whether they were poisoned. It didn't appear as if they committed suicide," the expert, who performed the post-mortem said.

Police sources said at least two people were picked up for questioning.

Bodies of the head of the family, wife, daughter and three-year old grandson were found floating and fished out on Thursday.

On Friday morning, some bodies were seen floating following which police pumped out the water from the well and found others.

The 48-year old man had migrated from West Bengal over 20 years ago and had settled down here. His family had been staying in two rooms on the premises of the unit, police had earlier said.

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June 5,2020

Jun 5: The fear of contracting COVID-19 infection allegedly forced a 65-year-old man to commit suicide in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred at Mangewadi in Patoda on Thursday, when a passerby found the body of Asaram Pote hanging from a tree in his farm, an official said.

The police were immediately alerted and Pote's body was brought down in the presence of his relatives and locals, he said.

A suicide note was found on the deceased's person, in which he said that he had taken the extreme step as he was scared of contracting COVID-19 infection and no one should be held responsible for his death, the official said.

A case of accidental death was registered in this regard and further probe was underway, he added.

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