Worker dies as pipe falls on him at YTPS?site in Raichur

January 28, 2015

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Raichur, Jan 28: A worker died after a huge pipe came crashing down on him from a crane at the Yermaras?Thermal Power Station (YTPS) site near Raichur on Tuesday. Hundreds of workers and local residents, enraged by the incident, went on a rampage and ransacked the office at the plant site.

The deceased has been identified as Mahesh (27), a native of Uttar Pradesh. The accident occurred at 12 noon when a crane was lowering a huge pipe at the work site. The chain, which was fastened to the pipe, got loosened and fell on Mahesh, injuring him seriously. Durgappa, the local contractor, shifted Mahesh to Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), where he died.

The incident led to protests by workers at the site. They went on a rampage and ransacked the site office damaging furniture. They also assaulted the local contractor.

As the news spread, hundreds of local people wielding clubs and iron rods attempted to enter the under-construction YTPS unit. They threw stones at the houses of the workers after the police prevented them from entering the power plant. Tension prevailed for a while as the workers at the site too resorted to a protest. Superintendent of Police M?N Nagaraj clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC.

Meanwhile, the workers at the site decided to quit their jobs and return to their native places. They vacated their houses and walked towards the exit of the work site along with their family members and household articles. However, the local residents assembled at the gate and staged a dharna. The SP, as a precautionary measure, extended the ban orders to a radius of five kilometres from the work site.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Papaiah, said the workers were shifted to safety by 15 buses. He said that they would be ferried to the nearest bus stand or railway station so that they can reach their native places.

Karnataka Power Corporation Limited Chief Engineer (Mechanical) Laksh told Deccan?Herald that the workers hailed from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.

He said that the damage caused at the work site office has been estimated at Rs one crore. The Superintendent of Police said that cases had been booked in connection with the worker’s death and ransacking of the office.

On January 17, two labourers working on an underground pipe supplying water to the cooling tower of YTPS were buried alive after mud caved in on them.

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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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May 25,2020

Hyderabad, May 25: Indicating foul play in the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were fished out from a well near Warangal, a forensic expert on Sunday virtually ruled out suicide theory, saying it appeared seven of them had been dragged and thrown into the water body.

Mystery shrouded the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were found in a well, five of them on Friday and four on Thursday, on the outskirts of Warangal in Telangana.

Police stepped up the probe and forensic analysis was also underway in the case.

The forensic expert, who visited the crime scene as part of the investigation citing preliminary tests, said that the seven of nine people had scratch injuries and appeared to have been "dragged" and "thrown" into the well.

Forensic reports are expected in 10 days, the forensic expert told media on Sunday adding after examining the crime scene it appears that the deaths were not suicides.

"We have preserved all organs and the same were sent to forensic science laboratory (FSL) for examination... some two or three persons might have been involved in the crime. There are scratch injuries on the bodies," he said.

"It appears that they were thrown into the water... There were no injuries on the child's body. We are awaiting the forensic report (to ascertain) whether they were poisoned. It didn't appear as if they committed suicide," the expert, who performed the post-mortem said.

Police sources said at least two people were picked up for questioning.

Bodies of the head of the family, wife, daughter and three-year old grandson were found floating and fished out on Thursday.

On Friday morning, some bodies were seen floating following which police pumped out the water from the well and found others.

The 48-year old man had migrated from West Bengal over 20 years ago and had settled down here. His family had been staying in two rooms on the premises of the unit, police had earlier said.

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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: A 10-month-old girl allegedly lost her life in an accident in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area, the police said on Sunday.

"The incident took place when the baby was in the compound of the parking area at the ground floor of her residence and the driver of Mercedes Benz was reversing the car," a police official said.

The deceased was identified as Radhika, whose father Rakesh used to work as the security guard in the said residence.

The unfortunate incident occurred at around 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon following which the baby was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The owner of the said Mercedes Benz SUV is identified as Jassbir Singh who is into elevator business. At the time of the incident, his driver Akhilesh was driving the said vehicle.

"The offending vehicle has also been taken into possession and the FSL team is being summoned for inspection. Investigation in this matter is underway," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Delhi.

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