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Tiger snatches woman off boat

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August 10, 2014

Tiger snatchesKolkata, Aug 10: A tiger snatched a woman off her boat in the Sunderbans on Friday as her husband looked on helplessly.

The deceased has been identified as Bhagawati Mondal (42), a resident of Dayapur. Bhagawati, along with her husband Sunil Mondal and neighbour Parimal Mridha, had ventured into the forests of Dhulo Bauli under Pirkhali VI compartment to catch crabs.

Sources said they had left home a day before and decided to stay back for another day hoping for a greater catch and moved almost a couple of kilometres deeper, into the river.

"Suddenly, we heard a noise and thought that we were struck by lightning. The boat was also about to overturn. But we were horrified to find the big cat on the middle of the boat. It held Bhagawati by its mouth, made a giant leap and disappeared into the mangroves. We had nothing to do," said Parimal.

She was picked up right from the boat of crab-catchers at the heart of the big-cats' habitat in the Sundarbans. As the woman was being taken away by the tiger, her husband watched helplessly. The tiger jumped on the boat with a blood-curdling roar. It landed on the middle of the narrow boat with its four paws closed on the pond. Ina split seconds, the tiger held the woman with his mouth and flung her on its back and jumped back to the Dhulo Baulir forest in Pirkhali block VI.

Bhagawati Mondal, 42, clad in white sari with red border, accompanied her husband Sunil Mondal and neighbour Parimal Mirdha. They all left their Dayapur home a day before. But this time the catch was very less, so they decided to stay back to have a greater catch. They also moved 1.5 kilometer farther, into the river.

Sunil helplessly saw his wife being taken away by the tiger. "We could see the red bordered sari fast disappearing into the forest. We then rowed back to our village at Dayapur in Satjelia in three hours. We were terrified and Sunil was completely bereaved. We thought of moving forward. But we had nothing else than a stick with us.

Pabitra Mondal, a NGO worker, said that they demanded compensation from the forest department. The compensation is granted by forest department in other district. Why would people living in Sundarbans be deprived from the benefit?

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News Network
May 11,2020

May 11: Two youths allegedly gang-raped a teen and then hacked to death her 11-year old brother, who had seen their act, in a bid to hide their crime, at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, about 300 kilometres from here.

Police sources said that two youths, resident of the same village, barged into the house of the teen, when she was alone, and allegedly gang-raped her.

The victim's minor brother suddenly came into the house and protested after he witnessed his sister being sexually assaulted, sources said. The youths allegedly strangled the minor with a towel.

The alleged culprits, who hailed from influential families, 'forced' the victim's parents to bury their son and warned them against approaching the cops.

The parents, however, gathered courage and met senior police officials in Etah on Sunday after a case was registered in this regard. Police said that the body of the minor would be exhumed and a postmortem examination would be conducted.

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June 2,2020

Pratapgarh, Jun 2: In a shocking incident, a young man was tied to a tree and set afire by the family of a woman with whom he was allegedly having an affair in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh late on Monday night.

The man, 25, was a resident of Bhujauni village under Fatanpur police station, and he died on the spot.

Enraged over the incident, his family members and local people turned violent and set two police vehicles on fire.

Additional forces were rushed in to control the situation that remains tense.

The body has been sent for post-mortem.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Pratapgarh, Abhishek Singh, "Some people barged into the house of Ambika Patel and dragged him away. They then tied Patel to a tree some distance away and set him on fire after sprinkling petrol on him. They fled immediately after." Agitated family members and villagers assembled at the site and set a 112 police response vehicle (PRV) and another police jeep on fire. They were demanding immediate arrest and action against the accused.

The official said that Patel's relatives claimed that he was having an affair with a woman from his village and this had resulted in many face-offs between the families.

Patel had reportedly shared a video clip of the woman on social media a few months ago further increasing tension between the families.

The woman's family members had registered a police complaint against Patel in this connection at the Fatanpur police station that led to his arrest. He was released from jail recently, police added.

The woman had been recently selected as a police constable and was posted to Kanpur.

The SP said that an FIR had been registered on the complaint of the victim's family and efforts were on to arrest the accused.

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Agencies
August 9,2020

Vijayawada, Aug 9: The number of those killed in the fire at a hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada rose to 10 on Sunday, said Vikrant Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.

According to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also ordered an in-depth probe into the accident and directed authorities to take steps to ensure better medical services to the victims of the accident.

"The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients and 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident. 

Officials were directed to launch immediate rescue measures," said Mekathoti Sucharitha, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the loss of the lives in the fire mishap and spoke to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy over the phone and enquired about the accident.

The mishap took place in hotel Swarna Palace which was taken on lease and run by a private hospital for COVID patients.

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