10 booked for 'assaulting' IT professionals over parking row in Kerala
Kochi (PTI): A parking-related row between neighbours has led to registration of a criminal case against 10 people, including three members of a family, for allegedly assaulting two IT professionals and threatening them by entering their home near Palarivattom here, police said on Friday.
Police said that an FIR under sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 118(voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 296(obscene acts and songs), 329(criminal and house trespass), 351(criminal intimidation), 3(5)(common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered against the 10 accused.
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The IT professionals have claimed that on Wednesday night, some members of their neighbouring family verbally abused them, forcibly entered the compound of their home and beat them with flower pots over an argument related to parking of their vehicles, police said.
Their complaint also claimed that later around 4 am on Thursday, a man claiming to be a local thug trespassed into their home and made threats of violence against them on behalf of the neighbouring family.
Visuals of the incident aired on TV channels showed broken flower pots strewn within the compound of the IT professionals home and the neighbouring family hurling insults at them.
The visuals also showed a man claiming to be a thug entering their home, shutting the door from inside and then threatening to beat them up.
The 10 accused, included the man, who claimed to be a thug and threatened the IT professionals, police said.
At present, no one has been arrested or taken into custody as the claims and counter-claims of both sides were being examined, police added.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
