Seven-year-old raped, killed by father’s friend

June 18, 2012

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Bangalore, June 18: A seven-year-old girl was brutally raped and murdered by her father’s friend at Nallurahalli near Whitefield on Saturday night.

The body of Jayasudha, daughter of Basavaraju, a mason from Raichur, was found floating in a lake at the village on Sunday morning. Nagaraj, 28 who confessed to the crime has been arrested.

He too is a resident of Nallurahalli and works as a help at a garage.

According to Mahadevi, mother of the girl, Nagaraj took away Jayasudha from a temple, where she had gone with her sisters to attend a fair. “My three daughters came back running and said Nagaraj had taken away Jaya. I never saw her alive again,” said a sobbing Mahadevi.

Basavaraju had barred Nagaraj, a neighbour, from entering their house a few months ago when Mahadevi complained to him about Nagaraj’s behaviour. “He hasn’t visited us since. But he had been friendly with my children and used to bring chocolates and biscuits to them,” Basavaraju said.

On Saturday, Nagaraj helped the girls to eat food at the temple. He even washed their hands after the food. While the four were leaving for home, he lured Jaya offering her chocolates. Jaya went with Nagaraj, ignoring the warnings from her eldest sister Ambramma, 10. When Ambramma tried to stop Jaya from going with Nagaraj, the latter slapped her and shoved her away, Basavaraju added.

“We searched for Jaya and Nagaraj all through the night. Someone told us he had taken Jaya to the lake. After we complained to the police Sunday morning, they joined us in the search,” he said.

The police retrieved the body and a post mortem was conducted at the Bowring Hospital. Basavaraju’s family had come to the City in search of jobs from Sangapura, near Manvi in Raichur four years ago. The couple have two other daughters – Sridevi, 9, and Sevanti, 5 – all studying at a government school.

Based on the account given by Ambramma, Whitefield police arrested Nagaraj from his house on Sunday.

On interrogation, he confessed to raping the girl repeatedly. When she fell unconscious, he pushed her into the lake, fearing that she may inform her parents about the incident.

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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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May 9,2020

Shillong, May 9: The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.

Six people, including a 14-year-old girl, of Lamin village along the India-Bangladesh border in Amlarem civil sub-division died after consuming wild mushrooms they collected from a nearby forest late last month.

The wild mushroom has been identified as Amanita phalloides and is hepatotoxic as it directly affects the liver, state Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War told PTI.

He said it has been established after an investigation that the cause of the deaths was the poisonous mushrooms.

At least 18 persons from three families were taken ill after consuming the mushrooms.

The symptoms after consuming the poisonous fungus include vomiting, headache and unconsciousness, the senior doctor said.

Most of those taken ill, including a pregnant woman, have already recovered and gone home. Therefore, people can survive as it depends on the amount of poison that you have consumed. Only one person was unaffected, maybe he did not consume much, he said.

Three people are still undergoing treatment and are recovering. Two of them are at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and one in Woodland Hospital, Dr War said.

He said the health department can only appeal to the people, especially those in the rural areas, to refrain from eating wild mushrooms, while the horticulture department should take measures to create awareness.

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May 21,2020

Bengaluru, May 21:Tragedy struck an elderly migrant worker who was looking forward to joining his family as he died on reaching a nearby railway station to board a Shramik Special train to his home state Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

The 69-year old man, who worked in a coffee estate in Chikkamagaluru, collapsed and died soon after getting down from a state-run KSRTC bus that brought him and others to the Chikkabanavara Railway station on Wednesday.

According to police, fellow labourers said he had been ailing for quite some time.

The cause of his death would be known only after a post-mortem, police added.

Karnataka government has been sending back thousands of migrant workers stranded in the state due to the COVID-19 lockdown by arranging the special trains.

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