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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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March 28,2020

Hyderabad, Mar 28: Seven labourers from Karnataka were killed and four injured when the van in which they were travelling was hit by a truck near Pedda Golconda on the outskirts of the city late on Friday night, police said.

The deceased included two children. Of the 31 workers in the van, five died on the spot and two while undergoing treatment at a hospital, Assistant Commissioner of Traffic Vishwa Prasad said.
Four others were hospitalised and the condition of one of them is critical, he said, adding the other workers in the van escaped with minor injuries.

The workers were on their way back to their home town Raichur in Karnataka as the road project they were working in at Suryapet here was stalled due to the lockdown, Prasad said.

He said initital investigations revealed that the mango laden truck, which was on its way to Gujarat, was overspeeding.

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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 12,2020

Mar 12: Three women were arrested for allegedly administrating fake coronavirus vaccines to villagers in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Thursday.

The police on Wednesday arrested Beed residents Radha Ramnath Saamse, Seema Krishna Andhale and Sangeeta Rajendra Avhad, who allegedly posed as doctors and healthcare workers, an official said.

The trio met villagers of Pipalgoan in Ambad tehsil, informed them about a vaccine that could protect them from coronavirus and administered it to gullible locals, he said.

Some villagers informed Dr Mahadev Munde, a medical officer at a rural health centre, about this, after which a complaint was lodged, the official said.

Fake vaccines and bottles, which were seized from the accused, have been sent to the state health department, he said, adding that a case of cheating has been registered against the trio.

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