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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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May 10,2020

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.

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Agencies
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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June 25,2020

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.

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