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Man jumps off Vakola flyover, lands on car

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May 3, 2012

Mumbai, May 3: A suicide attempt gone wrong saved the life of a 21-year-old "jilted lover". Ghanshyam Nagar jumped off the Vakola flyover on the Western Express Highway early on Tuesday morning but landed on a car below. The police arrested Nagar for his attempt and produced him before court; he has been remanded to 14 days' judicial custody.


Nagar told the police that he used to work at a hotel in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and was in love with a Mumbai girl. "He says he had come to Mumbai to commit suicide. He does not talk much and has told us nothing more than that," said an investigating officer.


At about 2.30 am on Tuesday morning, Nagar first threw his bag full of clothes from the flyover on the stretch going towards Bandra. Seeing the bag fall, the driver of a passing red Toyota Altis, which belongs to a city hotel, stopped his vehicle and got off to see who had thrown it. To his horror, he saw the man jump off the flyover and land on top of his car. Its roof got dented on impact.


Despite the early hours, a crowd quickly gathered at the spot. A mobile unit of the Vakola police, which too was passing by at that moment, saw the crowd and went to investigate. Those gathered had by then brought Nagar down from atop the taxi. The beat constables took him to V N Desai Hospital in the vicinity, where he was treated for an injury to his jaw; he has not sustained any serious injuries. According to medical reports, Nagar was not drunk at the time of the incident.


The police said that if the driver had not stopped his vehicle, the man would have certainly fallen to his death. "Thankfully, the car did not have a carriage on its roof, or else the youth would have been severely injured," a police officer said.


Nagar's family has been contacted in Indore and they will reach the city in two days. "We are trying to get him to divulge more about himself and why he tried to commit suicide," said senior police inspector Rajendra Pardesi of Vakola police station. Nagar, though, continues to remain mum about his relationship.


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June 10,2020

Jun 10: In a suspected case of honor killing in Telangana, a 20-year old woman was allegedly smothered to death by her parents for being in love with a man from another caste, becoming pregnant and refusing to undergo an abortion, police said on Tuesday.

The parents killed their daughter using a pillow while she was asleep in the early hours of June 7 in their house in Kalukuntla in Jogulamba-Gadwal district and sought to project it as natural death, claiming she died of a heart attack.

However, following specific information and suspicion raised by the village secretary over the death of the woman, a college student, a probe was launched and the couple arrested on charges of murder under Indian Penal Code section 302 after post-mortem, police said.

The parents decided to kill the woman, the youngest of their three daughters, a day after she was found pregnant and refused to undergo an abortion, police said.

The woman had fallen in love with the man while pursuing her degree course in Kurnool district in neighboring Andhra Pradesh and informed her parents about it after she was found pregnant during an examination by a doctor. Her parents feared that their daughter may elope with her lover and brought pressure on her to go for abortion.

Though initially, she agreed, later she declined, following which they killed her and told everyone that their daughter died of heart attack, the police official said. When a police team went to their house and insisted on a post-mortem after noticing some marks on her body indicating a struggle, the parents tried to stop it, saying there was no need.

Later, police shifted the body to a hospital where a post-mortem revealed the woman was "throttled to death". Her parents during interrogation confessed to killing their daughter, the official said, adding they were arrested.

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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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August 9,2020

Vijayawada, Aug 9: The number of those killed in the fire at a hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada rose to 10 on Sunday, said Vikrant Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.

According to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also ordered an in-depth probe into the accident and directed authorities to take steps to ensure better medical services to the victims of the accident.

"The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients and 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident. 

Officials were directed to launch immediate rescue measures," said Mekathoti Sucharitha, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the loss of the lives in the fire mishap and spoke to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy over the phone and enquired about the accident.

The mishap took place in hotel Swarna Palace which was taken on lease and run by a private hospital for COVID patients.

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