He died without seeing his newborn

March 13, 2012

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Bangalore, March 13: Nagaraj hardly knew he would depart from the world without having a glimpse of his newborn son.


Hours after he told his relatives that he would be leaving for Deodurg to see his son, Nagaraj was lying dead in Bowring Hospital.

A lone earning member of his family, Nagaraj was married to Manjula a year ago. He had migrated to City in search of livelihood four months ago. He had two brothers, both unemployed, a married sister and parents.

The 22-year-old construction worker was mowed down by a recklessly driven SUV while he was sleeping on a pavement at HRBR Layout early Monday morning. Four others sustained injuries in the accident.

“We celebrated when we heard Nagaraj became a father. But the happiness was shortlived,” Shivayogi, a grieving relative said.

Hanumanth, who survived the accident with minor injuries, said he heard some strange noise and before he could wake up, a car dragged all the five of them.

Nagaraj was lying in a pool of blood, he said.

Hanumanth said he could not see the faces of the man and the woman who fled from the car. They were young and seemed drunk, he added.

Accidents claiming lives of migrant workers, particularly involving drunken driving by affluent people, have been on the rise in the City.

“We have taken such accidents very seriously and there is no question of sparing those responsible for the accident irrespective of their background,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security) M A Saleem told Deccan Herald.

Saleem claimed that conviction rates in such accidents had gone up considerably.

Previous incidents

Four persons were killed when a car struck them in Indirangar on January 25, 2009. Two college students sustained injuries after they drove their SUV onto a pavement on Raj Bhavan Road on July 25, 2011. More recently, on February 11, 2012, a hotelier ran his SUV on a truck driver at Shivanachetty Garden Junction on Kamaraj Road. The victim lost his leg.


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Palghar, Mar 7: Police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several shopkeepers in Maharashtra's Thane, Pune and Nashik by making phone calls in a woman's voice, police said on Friday.

The accused, Shashikant Ambekar (42), a resident of Palghar, was arrested in the last week of February, they said.

"He used to note down the phone numbers mentioned on different shops and call the owners in a woman's voice to order some things from them. He would tell them that he had a Rs 2000 currency note and needed change," an official said.

"He would ask the shopkeepers to send smaller denomination notes for exchange. He would wait at the entrance of buildings and when the delivery man arrived, he used to tell that he was there on behalf of the ''caller woman''.

"He would then take the currency notes from the delivery man saying he would get the Rs 2,000 note from the woman. However, he would disappear from the scene," the official said.

Police have seized Rs 1,85,000 from the accused and found that so far he has committed 22 similar crimes in different parts of the state.

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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: A 10-month-old girl allegedly lost her life in an accident in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area, the police said on Sunday.

"The incident took place when the baby was in the compound of the parking area at the ground floor of her residence and the driver of Mercedes Benz was reversing the car," a police official said.

The deceased was identified as Radhika, whose father Rakesh used to work as the security guard in the said residence.

The unfortunate incident occurred at around 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon following which the baby was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The owner of the said Mercedes Benz SUV is identified as Jassbir Singh who is into elevator business. At the time of the incident, his driver Akhilesh was driving the said vehicle.

"The offending vehicle has also been taken into possession and the FSL team is being summoned for inspection. Investigation in this matter is underway," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Delhi.

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July 4,2020

Kolkata, Jul 4: Two people were killed and around four injured when the bombs they were allegedly manufacturing went off inside a house in Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Their identities were yet to be established as the condition of those injured and undergoing treatment at a hospital was still "critical", he said.

The thatched roof of the house, where they were allegedly making bombs, also blew off in the explosion, which occurred at Suti town in Jangipur subdivision of the district around 9:00 pm on Friday, the officer said.

The house has been damaged completely, and its owner is on the run, he said.

As of now, the wife of the house owner is being questioned in connection with the incident, the officer added.

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