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Admonished by mom for being irregular in taking food, 11-yr-old ends life

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December 14, 2011

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Bangalore, December 14: Admonished by mother for being irregular in taking food, an 11-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at her house at Vijayanagar in the City on Tuesday.

The girl has been identified as Padma, a resident of RPC Layout, Vijaynagar and class V student of Asian School at Shamanna Garden.

Padma went to school in the morning along with her younger sister and brother. Around noon, she complained of giddiness and fell in the school playground. The school staff gave her first aid and sent her back home along with her siblings. They explained to their mother Varalakshmi what had happened, asked her to take care of Padma and went back to school.

Varalakshmi reportedly chided Padma for often skipping breakfast and lunch. She told her that she fell ill because of her irregular food habit and went to fetch her husband Chaluvaraju, who worked as a mason in a nearby house.

Some neighbours noticed a thick cloud of smoke inside the house and alerted Varalakshmi. She rushed home, whose front door was open, only to find that Padma was lying behind the door with nearly 90 per cent burns. Padma was still alive and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she breathed her last.

Initially, there were speculations surrounding the cause of Padma’s death. Many local residents believed that she was electrocuted. Some claimed that an unidentified person barged into the house, murdered the girl and absconded. However, the post-mortem conducted at Victoria Hospital revealed that it was a case of suicide.

“The doctors who conducted the post-mortem found kerosene smell emanating from her skull. Several particles of kerosene were also found. Hence, we have come to the conclusion that it is a clear case of suicide,” a senior police officer told Deccan Herald.

Padma was the eldest daughter of Chaluvaraju and Varalakshmi. The couple came from Tamil Nadu and long-time residents of Bangalore. The parents were speechless and highly inconsolable when the doctor announced Padma’s death.

A staff member of the school said: “Padma was very regular to school. She was studious and mingled with everyone. She actively participated in the sports meet and wanted to do higher education. We received the tragic news hours after we sent her home.”


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May 9,2020

Shillong, May 9: The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.

Six people, including a 14-year-old girl, of Lamin village along the India-Bangladesh border in Amlarem civil sub-division died after consuming wild mushrooms they collected from a nearby forest late last month.

The wild mushroom has been identified as Amanita phalloides and is hepatotoxic as it directly affects the liver, state Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War told PTI.

He said it has been established after an investigation that the cause of the deaths was the poisonous mushrooms.

At least 18 persons from three families were taken ill after consuming the mushrooms.

The symptoms after consuming the poisonous fungus include vomiting, headache and unconsciousness, the senior doctor said.

Most of those taken ill, including a pregnant woman, have already recovered and gone home. Therefore, people can survive as it depends on the amount of poison that you have consumed. Only one person was unaffected, maybe he did not consume much, he said.

Three people are still undergoing treatment and are recovering. Two of them are at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and one in Woodland Hospital, Dr War said.

He said the health department can only appeal to the people, especially those in the rural areas, to refrain from eating wild mushrooms, while the horticulture department should take measures to create awareness.

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Agencies
July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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March 3,2020

Panipat, Mar 3: A 22-year-old man was charred to death after he came in contact with a live electricity wire while posing for a TikTok video near the Matlaudha railway station here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Monday evening when Vikas, a resident of Dharamgarh village, climbed a pole over which the wire was passing and posed for the video, police said.

His three friends were standing below when the accident took place.

Vikas came in contact with the wire carrying 25,000 volts current and was burnt, police said.

Police have sent the body for a post-mortem and started investigation into the matter.

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