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Engineering student among 2 drowned

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February 6, 2012

Mysore, February 6: In two separate incidents, two persons including an engineering student met with their watery grave on Sunday.

Vinod Kannan, son of Subramani of K?R?Mill Colony, was found dead in Varuna Canal on Mysore-Bangalore road on Sunday.

He had gone missing since morning. According to N?R?Police, the boy had gone fishing.

His cousin had lodged a missing complaint. Late in the evening, it was found that the boy had drowned in water. An inmate of Sarvajanika Hostel at Bhugatahalli on Bannur road, he had recently walked out of it due to some unknown reasons. A case has been registered.

In another incident, an engineering student drowned at Balamuri in neighbouring Srirangapatna taluk. The deceased has been identified as B?Radhakrishna (19), of Kabbinale in Karkala taluk in Udupi district.

He was a second semester student of mechanical engineering at National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here. He was staying at a hostel in Mysore.

According to sources, he had been to Balamuri — a popular picnic spot — along with his 15 of his hostel mates. He jumped into the water for swimming, only to meet a tragic end.

However, it’s not known whether the mishap occurred at the banned site, or nearby. Soon after the incident, anxious friends brought him to a hospital in the city, before shifting him to another, but in vain. KRS?police have registered a case.

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A two-wheeler rider was killed in a mishap when a van collided with his vehicle at Handli on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Hemanth (20). Rash and negligent driving by the van driver is said to have led to the mishap. A case has been registered.

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April 24,2020

Thane, Apr 24: A 34-year-old man was allegedly attacked on suspicion of being a COVID-19 patient and died after falling into a gutter during the assault in Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning, when Ganesh Gupta had stepped out of his home to purchase some essentials amid the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said.

On noticing some policemen manning the street, the victim took an alternate route, where a few passersby assaulted him after he coughed while walking, he said.

The men suspected him of being a COVID-19 patient and attacked him, causing him to fall into a gutter and die, the official said.

The deceased's body was sent for post-mortem and a case of accidental death has been registered as of now, the station house officer of the Khadakpada police station said.

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January 17,2020

Jan 17: Police have busted a "high- profile" sex racket operating in a three-star hotel in suburban Andheri and arrested a 29-year-old woman and rescued three female artists, including a minor, an official said on Thursday.

The Social Service (SS) branch of the city police conducted the raid at the hotel at Andheri East on Thursday, the official said.

"During the raid, three females, including a minor, were found to have been forced into prostitution. They were rescued and a woman, identified as Priya Sharma, who was operating the racket, was arrested," he said.

"Sharma was running tours and travel agency in Kandivali East. However, she was involved in immoral activities," senior inspector of SS branch, Sandesh Revale, said.

While one of the rescued is a woman actor and singer, who has worked in 'Savdhaan India' TV crime show, he said, another one has worked in a Marathi movie and serials.

The minor has worked in a web series, Revale added.

The offence was being registered against Sharma, he said.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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