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Man murders friend for refusing to drink liquor

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June 8, 2012

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Indore, June 8: A man allegedly smashed his friend's head with a stone in Chhatripura area on Wednesday night for not accepting his offer to drink liquor with him. The accused was arrested within hours of the incident.

The deceased has been identified as Prakash alias Pappu Mali, a resident of Samajwadi Nagar. He was found lying behind the Vaishnav Polytechnic College at around 11.30 pm.

According to police, Raj alias Badshah allegedly killed Prakash when the later refused to drink with him. The accused is the resident of Mali Mohalla.

Prakash and Raj met in the jail around three years ago and became good friends, the police said.

Police said the incident came to light when a few passersby noticed a body lying on the road just behind the college and informed the police at around 11.30pm about the scene. The police soon swung into action and claimed to have cracked the case within few hours.

Police arrested Raj after getting information that he was seen with Prakash in the area a few hours ago. During the interrogation, Raj reportedly confessed to killing Prakash. As per police, Prakash was waiting for his brother behind the college when he ran into Raj, who was passing from there.

Police said Raj offered drink to Prakash, which he refused. Raj took the refusal otherwise and pushed him on the road. He reportedly crushed his head by stone and escaped from the scene.

The police registered the case under the section 302 of the IPC.

Another body found

In another incident, a body was found lying under mysterious circumstances near Palasia square in wee hour of Thursday. The body was half-burnt and head bore injury marks.

The incident took place in Harijan Colony just behind a local hotel when few people noticed the body lying in a pool of blood and body parts burnt. Police reached the spot immediately. The police found hands, face and some parts of the body burnt while there was a deep injury mark on the victim' skull and he was bleeding from there. However, the police refused to consider it as a murder.



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July 31,2020

Amaravati, Jul 31: Nine people have died after allegedly consuming sanitiser in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the police said.

Prakasam district Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal said the people had been consuming sanitiser for the past few days, mixing it with water and soft drinks.

"We are also investigating whether they laced the sanitiser with any other toxic substances," the official said.

"Their family members say these people have been consuming sanitiser for the past ten days. We are sending the sanitiser stocks, being sold in the area, for examination," he added.

Kurichedu in Prakasam district has been under lockdown due to rise in coronavirus cases and hence, liquor shops have also been shut since the past few days.

Habitual drinkers were said to be consuming sanitisers that have alcohol content, apart from illicitly distilled arrack.

The police said two beggars near a temple were the first to fall victim on Thursday night. While one of them was found dead at the spot, another died in the government hospital in Darsi town, they said.

A third person was also taken to the Darsi hospital late on Thursday night after he fell unconscious but he was declared brought dead. Six others who fell ill after allegedly consuming sanitiser, died this morning.

Others who fell ill after consuming sanitiser are undergoing treatment at their residences in the village, the police added.

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News Network
June 5,2020

Jun 5: The fear of contracting COVID-19 infection allegedly forced a 65-year-old man to commit suicide in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred at Mangewadi in Patoda on Thursday, when a passerby found the body of Asaram Pote hanging from a tree in his farm, an official said.

The police were immediately alerted and Pote's body was brought down in the presence of his relatives and locals, he said.

A suicide note was found on the deceased's person, in which he said that he had taken the extreme step as he was scared of contracting COVID-19 infection and no one should be held responsible for his death, the official said.

A case of accidental death was registered in this regard and further probe was underway, he added.

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News Network
February 20,2020

Nagpur, Feb 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has arrested a former employee of Union Carbide Bhopal, who was absconding since 2016.

A senior CBI official said on Wednesday that the agency sleuths arrested S I Qureshi from Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Tuesday, who was convicted by a local court here in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

The official further said that he had been absconding since 2016.

He added that the convict would be produced in a district court.

On December 3, 1984, forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory and settled over slums in Bhopal

A Bhopal court convicted eight people in 2010 to two years each in jail over the gas plant leak that killed thousands of people.

The eight convicted included the Chairman of the Indian arm of the Union Carbide (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra, Managing Director V P Gokhale, Vice-president Kishore Kamdar, Works Manager J Mukund, Production manager S P Chowdhury, Plant superintendent K V Shetty and Production Assistant Qureshi.

The CBI had taken over the Bhopal gas tragedy case on December 12, 1984.

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