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Gram Panchayat member, four others killed in bid to clean open well

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April 18, 2012
Gulbarga, April 18: In a ghastly accident, five persons, including a gram panchayat member, were killed when they were engaged in emptying and cleaning an open well in the drinking water-starved Ferozabad village of Gulbarga taluk, about 25 km from here on Tuesday.

Chidanand Natikar (23), Basavaraj Keratanalli (23), Sharanayya Mathapathi (18), Ayatolla Mulla (25) and gram panchayat member Hameed Patel (45), all residents of Ferozabad, were cleaning the 45 ft-deep open well to use it for supplying water to the people reeling under acute drought.

The gram panchayat began desilting the well three days ago. Water had started collecting in the well.

On Tuesday, a pump was lowered into the well. As three persons, Basavaraj, Sharanayya and Ayatolla, began snaking down a rope into the well, the pump was switched on. Smoke began billowing out of it. Suffocated by the smoke, the three lost consciousness and fell into the well. In an attempt to rescue them, Chidanand, Razak and Hameed Patel climbed into the well, but they too were overcome by the fumes and fell into the well. Razak was rescued by the others and was later treated at the hospital.

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May 24,2020

Kanpur, May 24: Three persons onboard separate Shramik Special trains lost their lives due to various ailment, officials said here on Saturday.

"Family members of the deceased said all were suffering from serious ailment. The travel history of all the three deceased passengers was taken, Kanpur District Magistrate Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari said.

Giving details about the deceased, he said Naichinalyu Disang (23), a resident of Nagaland, was going from Delhi to Dimapur.

"She was suffering from liver ailments," Tiwari said. As she coughed and vomited in the train, other passengers got terrified, he added.

The district magistrate said the body reached Kanpur Central Station at around 10.00 am.

Sample has been taken to check for the presence of novel coronavirus. She was working at a spa in Himachal Pradesh, he said.

Tiwari said Rajendra Prasad (50), a resident of Unnao, died on the Lucknow-bound special train from Andhra Pradesh.

Munni Devi (80), a resident of Siwan district in Bihar, died onboard the special train going from Surat to Siwan, the senior official informed.

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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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July 22,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 22:An accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act jumped into the sea on Wednesday morning when he was taken for evidence collection at Kasaba in Kasargode district, police said.

Accused Mahesh was arrested following a complaint by his neighbour on Tuesday evening.

The police said that they took the accused to the seashore to collect evidence in the case when Mahesh jumped into the sea. Two police officials too jumped in after him to catch hold of him but could not locate Mahesh.

Later, swimmers were deployed to try and locate the missing man.

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