Udupi, June 15: Unknown thieves broke into a house at Dandatirtha in Uliyargoli village in Udupi district and took away valuables estimated at Rs. 3 lakh.
According to the police, thieves gained entry into the house of Shubhavati between 2 p.m. on June 13 and 6.30 a.m. on June 14 and took away gold and silver jewellery estimated at Rs. 3 lakh and Rs. 50,000 in cash.
A case had been registered at Kaup Police station. Investigations are on.
Jun 25: A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her house in east Delhi and her family members secretly buried her body, which was later exhumed for post-mortem, police said on Wednesday.
The girl, whose family hails from Jharkhand, allegedly hanged herself in a room in her house on Monday, they said.
No suicide note was recovered from the spot, police said.
Her body was exhumed on Tuesday as per the directions of the Sub Divisional Magistrate of the area. The process was carried out as her family members secretly buried her without informing the police.
The post-mortem will be conducted after Covid-19 tests, police said.
The incident took place on Monday. The reason behind her taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, they said.
Police said the girl lived with her mother and two siblings. The family hails from Jharkhand and are financially extremely weak. Her father died two years ago, they said.
After the father’s death, the girl's mother along with her siblings took her body to a burial ground and buried her, police said.
The police said the matter came to their notice after a neighbour alerted them about it. Following the information the body was exhumed, they said.
On questioning the girl's mother, she told police that she didn't know that one has to inform police in a suicide case, a senior police officer said.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated, police said.
Mumbai, May 10: A 32-year old man, running a bakery here has been arrested for alleged promotion of products using a tagline that said his firm does not employ Muslims, police said on Sunday.
The man, who is also selling his products online had allegedly said "made by Jains on orders, no Muslim staff" for promotion purposes in his WhatApp group.
A complaint was lodged against him saying the words depicted Muslims in a bad light and Mambalam police registered a case and arrested him, a release said adding a probe was on.
Recently, a man was arrested in Mumbai after he allegedly refused to collect groceries he had ordered online since the delivery person was a Muslim.
Mumbai, Jan 12: At least eight persons were killed and several others injured when a massive blast followed by a fire ripped a chemical factory at Boisar in Palghar district, nearly 100 km north of Mumbai, on Saturday, officials said.
Top Palghar district administration, police and fire brigade officials have rushed to the spot for the rescue operation, while Fire Brigade teams from Boisar MIDC industrial area and Tarapur Atomic Power Station are engaged in dousing the flames.
As per local witnesses, the intensity of the explosion was so severe that it was audible in a 35-km range and one building in the factory collapsed.
Besides, many homes in the immediate vicinity were shaken and people ran outside thinking it was an earthquake, as power lines also failed.
The exact cause of the explosion-cum-blaze which occurred around 7 p.m. is not immediately available.
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