Udupi, March 15: A fisherman was feared drowned after he fell off his boat while on a fishing expedition in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday.
Four fishermen left Malpe harbour for fishing on Tuesday. When they were pulling the net to their boat in the afternoon, Padmanabha (41) of Katapady-Mattu village accidentally fell into the water.
He remained untraced even after an intensive search operation.
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.
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.
Kochi, Jun 22: A 54-day-old baby suffered brain damage after she was allegedly slapped and thrown on a cot at home by his father in Angamaly municipality of Ernakulam district, police said.
Doctor Sojan Ipe of MOSC Medical College Hospital at Kolenchery said that the damage caused to the brain is serious. The child was admitted with bleeding in the brain on Friday.
On Saturday, 40-year-old pastor Shaiju Thomas, who is the child's father was arrested by the Angamaly police in connection with the incident. He is currently lodged at the Covid first-line treatment centre at Angamaly.
Shaiju has been charged with IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) and under the Juvenile Justice Act.
According to Angamaly Police, ''the accused was always doubtful of his wife and raised questions over the parenthood of the child. He had slapped the child on multiple occasions. She fell unconscious on Thursday night after a similar attack and was taken to the hospital. We have so far received enough evidence against the accused.''
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