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Tiger mauls woman to death, crocodile bites man’s hand

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August 26, 2012

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HD Kote (Mysore), August 26: A 45-year-old tribal woman was mauled to death by a tiger and a crocodile bit the hand of a man in two separate incidents in the taluk on Saturday.

Mahadevamma, who was grazing her goats and sheep in the forest, went to a house at Bommalapura hadi in the taluk seeking water to drink. The tiger, which was hiding nearby, pounced on the goat and injured it in the stomach. Hearing the goat’s cries, Mahadevamma came running to the spot and the big cat attacked her too. The tiger broke the woman’s neck.

Cry for help

Soon, the woman’s grandson Ramesh and others cried out for help. The frightened tiger abandoned the body and fled. Even as Ramesh and the others came out of the forest to gather help, the big cat pulled the body to a distance of 300 metres. A group of villagers then entered the forest only to see the tiger devouring Mahadevamma’s body.

Even as they shooed the tiger away, the forest department personnel arrived at the spot and stood guard over the body. The tribals have demanded that the woman’s family be provided suitable compensation as the place came under the buffer zone of the forest and there was provision for the tribals to enter there.

They said there had been a number of incidents in the recent past of the tiger preying on livestock. Their pleas to the forest department for help had fallen on deaf ears, they said. The tribals later held a road block protest in support of their demands.

MLA Chikkanna, tahsildar D?S?Shivakumaraswamy, assistant conservator of forests Thammaiah and others visited the spot.

Crocodile attack

In the other incident, a crocodile bit the hand of Suresh, when he was washing his hands in River Kapila at Bidugalu village in the taluk on Friday. The incident occurred when Suresh took his sheep to the river to drink water. The crocodile first preyed on one of the sheep.

The reptile then attacked another sheep and bit the hand of Suresh in the process. He was given first aid at the H?D Kote government hospital and later admitted at K R?Hospital in Mysore for treatment. Zonal forest officer Mohan Kumar visited Suresh at the hospital.

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March 22,2020

Thane, Mar 22: Eight men were arrested at Kalyan in the district on Sunday as they were found playing cricket during the 'Janata curfew' being observed to check the spread of coronavirus, police said.

They were playing cricket at Kala Talao Maidan in the afternoon, police said.

Police also detained a boy in this connection, an official said.

"Action was taken against them for defying the prohibitory orders issued by the Thane Police Commissionerate.

They also went against the 'Janata curfew' being observed to curb the spread of coronavirus," the police official said.

The Mahatma Phule Chowk Police Station registered an offence against the accused under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 290 (public nuisance).

They were also booked under the Maharashtra Police Act as well as the National Disaster Act 2005, the official said.

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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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April 14,2020

New Delhi, Apr 14: A 35-year-old man has been booked by the police for refusing to eat food at a quarantine centre on the ground that it had been cooked by a Dalit.

Reports said Siraj Ahmad, a native of Bhujouli Khurd village under Khadda police station in Kushinagar district, had returned from Delhi on March 29, and was staying at the quarantine centre at the village primary school along with other four people.

On Friday, village head, Lilawati Devi, in absence of the cook, prepared food in the quarantine centre for all the five people but Siraj refused to eat it.

Police, after conducting investigation, registered a FIR against him under the SC/ST Act on Monday.

The village head had lodged a written complaint with the police on Friday and also informed sub-divisional magistrate Desh Deepak Singh and block development officer Ramakant.

SHO Khadda police station, R.K. Yadav said that a case against Siraj was registered under the SC/ST Act.

Meanwhile, on Saturday evening, Vijay Dubey, the local BJP MLA, went to the house of village head and asked her to serve him food cooked by her.

"Untouchability is a social evil that cannot be tolerated at any cost," he said.

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