A baby Falak in Bangalore hospital

April 9, 2012

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Bangalore, April 9: In a painful throwback to the case involving Baby Falak, a three-month-old Bangalore baby girl is battling for life in a City hospital after her father brutally tortured her for two days and attempted to kill her as he wanted a son.

The incident came to light when Afreen’s mother Reshma Banu brought the child to Vani Vilas hospital for treatment. Dr Gangadhar Belawadi, in-charge medical superintendent of the hospital, who examined the girl, suspected she was a victim of violence and informed members of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) who complained to the police.

The CWC has taken suo motu congnizance of the case and has helped the mother lodge a complaint with the police who subsequently arrested Farooq. The girl’s father, Farooq, a resident of Kushalnagar in KG Halli, and Reshma Banu married two years ago. Farooq was enraged at Reshma delivering a girl three months ago.

Reshma told Deccan Herald that enraged at not having got a son, Farooq was pestering her to abandon the child and even threatened to kill the baby.

Describing the assault on the baby, Reshma said she noticed some bite marks on the baby on April 5 and when she questioned Farooq, he brushed aside the injuries as insect bites. The next day, Reshma not only noticed cigarette burns on baby’s forehead and posterior, her neck was found dislocated. She later learnt that Farooq had banged the baby’s head on the wall when she was in the cradle. The baby developed fits on the morning of April 7 and vomited blood. Later, Reshma discovered that her husband tried to kill the baby by suffocating it with a pillow.

When Farooq and her in-laws refused to take the baby to hospital, Reshma had her way and took Afreen to Bowring Hospital. She was referred to Vani Vilas where the baby is being treated at the paediatric ICU.


Dr Belawadi said the child’s condition was critical. She had suffered a head injury, abrasions and bite marks. He said the child was referred to NIMHANS where a scan confirmed haemorrhage.

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May 22,2020

Warangal, May 22: In a shocking incident, bodies of nine migrant workers, including six of a family, were found in a well at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21.

"Till now, nine bodies have been found in a well near a gunny bag godown at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21 and the rest were found today. As six of the bodies belong to one family, it has led to suspicion," said Dr V Ravinder, Commissioner of Police, Warangal, while speaking to ANI over phone.

"The four bodies that were found yesterday have been identified as Md Maksood (50), his wife Nisha (45), daughter Busra (20) and grandson (3). The five bodies that have been found today have been identified as that of Shabad Alam, son of Maksood, Sohail Alam (Maksood's family member), Shakeel, a family friend of Maksood," he further said.

The bodies have been taken out from the well and sent to MGM Hospital for post mortem.
Minister Errabelli Dayakar, District Collector Harita, Mayor Prakash Rao have visited the spot along with the Warangal Commissioner.

Md Maksood had migrated from West Bengal to Warangal 20 years ago. Since last December, he and his family members have been working in a nearby gunny bag manufacturing unit godown at Gorrekunta. After the lockdown, the family shifted from Warangal and settled down in the factory godown.

According to police, on Thursday noon when the unit owner Santosh came to the godown as part of his daily routine he could not find any of the labourers. Later, he discovered four dead bodies floating in the well.

The Warangal police has registered a case under Section 174 CrPC. They said the exact reason for their deaths will be known only after the investigation.

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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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May 9,2020

New Delhi, May 9: A 23-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide at the AIIMS here after her mother died of cancer at the hospital, police said on Saturday.

She was reported missing after her mother passed away on Wednesday and her body was found near the new private ward block of the hospital on Saturday, they said, adding that she fell to her death from a building.

"Her mother was a cancer patient. She was being treated at the hospital and had died during treatment on Wednesday," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

Her father was busy in the formalities when she left the area. She was reported missing since Wednesday. The family hails from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said.

Hospital staff noticed the body and informed the police. The block was closed due to which nobody found out about it earlier, police said.

Police said she had called her friends and told them that she was going to kill herself. The body has been recovered and an inquest proceeding is underway.

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