Elephant attack kills one; HDD forced to visit spot

July 7, 2013

Elephant_attack

Sakleshpur (Hassan dist), Jul 7: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda was forced to visit Chikkallur, under Igur Grama Panchayat, Hethuru hobli, in the taluk on Saturday as villagers resorted to a massive protest demonstration — along with the body of a victim of elephant attack — demanding that he visit the village to lend a ear to their grievances.

Lakshman Gowda, a farmer, was killed around 7 pm on Friday. The elephant stood on the same spot till 10 pm — not allowing the villagers to go near the victim.

As the forest department personnel learnt that the villagers were enraged, they arrived at 11 pm along with police personnel. The villagers vented their anger by damaging the department jeep. The elephant was chased away into the forest later. The villagers staged a dharna from Friday night itself, demanding that Deve Gowda visit them and provide a permanent solution to the elephant menace — as he has remained indifferent to the hardships faced by the people in the region, despite five persons losing their lives in elephant attacks over the past two years.

They alleged that Gowda, who represents them in the Parliament, has not even visited them when they were grieving the death of their fellow farmers in the past.

Farmers from over 30 villages, bordering forests in the region, gathered and shouted slogans against Gowda, MLA H K Kumaraswamy and the government.

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When Gowda arrived on the spot, at 12 noon, the protestors gheraoed him and did not allow him to pay his last respects to the victim.

“If one person dies in Bangalore, due to elephant attack, it becomes national news. But, if a farmer or a student dies in the forest region, nobody cares. We are under constant threat of elephant attacks for the past one decade,” they said.

Deve Gowda was once again gheraoed by women, when he was returning after interacting with the villagers. They demanded a permanent solution to elephant menace.

“We have no guarantee till our husband or children return from farm and school respectively. After 6 in the evening, we cannot even go to our backyard. There are no proper roads to our villages. There is no power. You forget us once you secure our votes.

Shift the elephants or else provide us rehabilitation in a safer place,” they said. Gowda said, shifting of elephants was impossible due to legal hurdles. He said, “I have raised the issue in the Parliament also, earlier.

I will bring the problem to the notice of the government and seek a solution. I will pressurise the State Government to take steps to shift the rogue elephant temporarily”.

The protestors also attacked MLA K K Kumaraswamy, alleging that he had not taken steps to provide roads and power supply.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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March 12,2020

Mar 12: Three women were arrested for allegedly administrating fake coronavirus vaccines to villagers in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Thursday.

The police on Wednesday arrested Beed residents Radha Ramnath Saamse, Seema Krishna Andhale and Sangeeta Rajendra Avhad, who allegedly posed as doctors and healthcare workers, an official said.

The trio met villagers of Pipalgoan in Ambad tehsil, informed them about a vaccine that could protect them from coronavirus and administered it to gullible locals, he said.

Some villagers informed Dr Mahadev Munde, a medical officer at a rural health centre, about this, after which a complaint was lodged, the official said.

Fake vaccines and bottles, which were seized from the accused, have been sent to the state health department, he said, adding that a case of cheating has been registered against the trio.

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July 9,2020

Etawah, Jul 9: Another aide of the Kanpur encounter accused Vikas Dubey, Bahua Dubey, died in an encounter with the police, here on Thursday.

"Today at around 4.30 AM, in an encounter with the Etawah Police, one person has died. from him, a rifle and a pistol too has been recovered. When we shared the information with the Kanpur Police, they identified him as Bahua Dubey," said SSP Etawah Akash Tomar.

"He was involved in the Kanpur encounter alongside Vikas Dubey and there was a bounty of Rs 50,000 on him," he added.

"Around 3 AM on the highway near Mahewa Police Station Bakewar, a Swift Dzire car was looted by four armed assailants on a Scorpio. Around 4:30 AM, they were intercepted at Kachaura road under Police Station Civil lines by the police. When police parties chased them, the car collided with a tree, and criminals started firing at the police," he further said.

Dubey sustained injuries during the encounter and was pronounced dead when taken to the hospital. However, the other three managed to escape. One pistol, a double-barrel gun, and several cartridges have been recovered, he informed further.

Earlier today, Prabhat Mishra, also an aide of the main accused, died after being shot at by the police.

Mishra had sustained an injury on the leg after being shot at by the police and was rushed to a hospital before being pronounced dead.

Vikas Dubey is the main accused in the encounter that took place in Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants allegedly opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest him. Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.

A search operation is currently underway to nab Dubey.

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