Holi revelry claims three lives in Hyderabad

March 9, 2012

Hyderabad, March 9: Holi revelry claimed three lives in the city on Thursday. Two youth drowned in different water bodies, while another young man died in a road mishap.

At around noon, after playing Holi, P Ravi, 21, along with his friends Yadagiri and Ramesh went to bathe in Suryanarayana cheruvu in Godumakunta near Keesara, police said.

"The trio entered the lake and Ravi was walking behind his friends. After a few minutes, Yadagiri and Ramesh turned around and found Ravi had disappeared. After making a futile search, they informed police,'' Keesara sub-inspector Saideshwar said.

Police said Ravi, who was into charcoal business, drowned at a location where the lakebed was slushy. He was a native of Amalapuram, but was staying in Godumakunta.

In a similar incident, Kalifa, 25, entered the Katamaisamma lake near Dundigal, but drowned. Kalifa went into the water body along with his friend Pandu after playing Holi. Kalifa, a resident of Suraram, was from Tamil Nadu.

In the third incident, a 23-year-old person died after the two-wheeler on which he was moving rammed into a pole on Nizam Shahi Road in the wee hours of Thursday.

At around 5.30 am, D Suresh and his friend Javed were returning to their residence in Borabanda after a Holi party with their friends in Aliabad on Wednesday night when the incident happened, the Begumbazar police.

"Javed, who was riding, lost control over the bike and crashed into a pole opposite Andhra Bank on Nizam Shahi Road. Javed escaped with minor injuries, but Suresh suffered severe head injuries. He succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment,'' the Begumbazar police said. Suresh was a businessman, while Javed is an auto driver.

"The duo attended a booze party to celebrate Holi in Aliabad. We suspect that both were in an inebriated condition at the time of the accident." police said. A case was registered against Javed under section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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June 14,2020

Mandya, Jun 14: In a tragic incident, a woman and her two children were drowned in a pond at Beeranahalli village in Nagamangala taluk of this district on Sunday.

Police said that the deceased have been identified as Geeta (40), and her two children Savita(19) and Soumya(14).

Savaitha is a degree student while Soumya was studying in 9th standard. The trio drowned in a pond where they had gone to wash their cows. The locals rushed to the spot and tried to rescue them but could not save.

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February 20,2020

Nagpur, Feb 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has arrested a former employee of Union Carbide Bhopal, who was absconding since 2016.

A senior CBI official said on Wednesday that the agency sleuths arrested S I Qureshi from Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Tuesday, who was convicted by a local court here in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

The official further said that he had been absconding since 2016.

He added that the convict would be produced in a district court.

On December 3, 1984, forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory and settled over slums in Bhopal

A Bhopal court convicted eight people in 2010 to two years each in jail over the gas plant leak that killed thousands of people.

The eight convicted included the Chairman of the Indian arm of the Union Carbide (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra, Managing Director V P Gokhale, Vice-president Kishore Kamdar, Works Manager J Mukund, Production manager S P Chowdhury, Plant superintendent K V Shetty and Production Assistant Qureshi.

The CBI had taken over the Bhopal gas tragedy case on December 12, 1984.

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February 26,2020

Kota, Feb 26: At least 24 people died and four others sustained injuries as a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on Kota–Dausa highway in Bundi district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The wedding party with 28 persons on board was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota early morning when the driver apparently lost balance of the bus while traversing a bridge near Papdi village under Lekhari police station limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar said.

The bus, subsequently, plunged into Mej river from the bridge that had no wall or railing, Kumar said.

Thirteen people died on the spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital, he added.

The deaths include 11 men, 10 women and three children.

The injured were rushed to Lekhari government hospital from where the critically injured are being referred to a government hospital in Kota, the SI further said.

Most of the injured people were rescued with the help of locals in the village, he added.

Mej river is a tributary of the Chambal river in Rajasthan.

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