New Delhi, May 6: A 5-storey building collapsed in West Delhi's Inderpuri area today morning injuring at least five people.
Photos of the site show the tilted building resting dangerously on an another building inside a narrow lane.
Relief and rescue teams are on the spot. The area has been cordoned off to prevent more damage.
It appears that the building collapsed due to low grade construction material.
More details awaited.
Mandya, Jun 14: In a tragic incident, a woman and her two children were drowned in a pond at Beeranahalli village in Nagamangala taluk of this district on Sunday.
Police said that the deceased have been identified as Geeta (40), and her two children Savita(19) and Soumya(14).
Savaitha is a degree student while Soumya was studying in 9th standard. The trio drowned in a pond where they had gone to wash their cows. The locals rushed to the spot and tried to rescue them but could not save.
Jun 5: The fear of contracting COVID-19 infection allegedly forced a 65-year-old man to commit suicide in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred at Mangewadi in Patoda on Thursday, when a passerby found the body of Asaram Pote hanging from a tree in his farm, an official said.
The police were immediately alerted and Pote's body was brought down in the presence of his relatives and locals, he said.
A suicide note was found on the deceased's person, in which he said that he had taken the extreme step as he was scared of contracting COVID-19 infection and no one should be held responsible for his death, the official said.
A case of accidental death was registered in this regard and further probe was underway, he added.
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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