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Five killed in cracker unit explosion

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October 10, 2016

Puducherry, Oct 10: Five persons were killed and 11 others, including six women, sustained injuries when a large stock of explosives blew up in a cracker manufacturing unit in Thuruvai at Villupuram district on Sunday.

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The identity of the victims was not known.

The police gave the names of the injured as Vasu (23), Parvathy (63), Saravanan (33), Malarkodi (50), Velu (38), Vasantha (45), Poovatha (52), Ramar (38), Pachaivazhi (50), Kalimuthu (50), and Kannagi (40).

All the injured have been admitted to the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) here. JIPMER sources said the condition of one of the injured is serious.

According to the police, a case has been registered against N. Ramesh of Vanur who was the owner of the cracker manufacturing unit.

A group of people were engaged in manufacturing crackers when the accident occured, the police said. The cracker manufacturing unit was razed to the ground in the impact of the explosion.

Velu, a resident of Anaiyur in Sivakasi district,who is among the injured, told The Hindu that they would come to Thuruvai to manufacture crackers during Deepavali season every year.

Recounting the accident, he said: “We were drying the crackers outside the godown when we heard the noise. The crackers started bursting owing to heat around 4 p.m. I fell unconscious when debris hit me. I do not know what happened later,” he said.

Six women injured

Rajesh Kanna.M., tahsidhar of Puducherry, said among the injured, six women were from Ariyankuppam in Puducherry .

Villupuram District Collector L. Subramanian said that they were trying to ascertain the identity of the dead. A probe would be conducted to find the cause of the accident. The bodies had been shifted to Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).

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February 16,2020

Five Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for allegedly indulging in vandalism in the city on Valentines Day, police said.

They said about 10 to 15 activists on two wheelers vandalised a shop in Kattupalli area in Hyderabad on February 14.

They held aloft flags and raised slogans against celebration of Valentines Day and "created havoc" at different malls, a police press release said.

On receiving information, police rushed to a mall, but the Bajrang Dal activists escaped from the spot.

Five of them were later identified with the help of CCTV footage and arrested, police said.

The others too have been identified and efforts were on to nab them, police said.

Two cases have been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint from shop owners, the release said.

 

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July 12,2020

Visakhapatnam, Jul 12: A man of Kotturu village in Anakapalle mandal in Visakhapatnam has allegedly died by suicide after losing money in online gambling.

According to his friends, 24-years-old Doddi Venkata Aravind died after losing money in online gambling. However, Police is yet to ascertain the cause of death.

"This noon at around 1 pm (July 11), one Bhavani reported to us that her son Doddi Venkata Aravind (24), has committed suicide by hanging himself at their house," said Sub-inspector Chakradhar Rao.

"We think he might have committed suicide due to financial or any other problems. Full details will be known in the investigation. Whether he had lost in online gambling, we don't know the details," he added.

The police have filed a case and an investigation is underway.

DV Aravind worked as a junior engineer in a private mining company at Rayagada, Odisha. He came to his mother's place three days ago. 

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January 17,2020

Jan 17: Police have busted a "high- profile" sex racket operating in a three-star hotel in suburban Andheri and arrested a 29-year-old woman and rescued three female artists, including a minor, an official said on Thursday.

The Social Service (SS) branch of the city police conducted the raid at the hotel at Andheri East on Thursday, the official said.

"During the raid, three females, including a minor, were found to have been forced into prostitution. They were rescued and a woman, identified as Priya Sharma, who was operating the racket, was arrested," he said.

"Sharma was running tours and travel agency in Kandivali East. However, she was involved in immoral activities," senior inspector of SS branch, Sandesh Revale, said.

While one of the rescued is a woman actor and singer, who has worked in 'Savdhaan India' TV crime show, he said, another one has worked in a Marathi movie and serials.

The minor has worked in a web series, Revale added.

The offence was being registered against Sharma, he said.

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