Coast Guard rescues ailing Ukrainian sailor off Kochi Coast
Kochi (PTI): The Indian Coast Guard’s Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre (MRSC) in Kochi on Sunday evacuated a Ukrainian crew member from a tanker vessel following a medical emergency off the Kochi coast, a Defence spokesperson said.
The MRSC received a call at 1.42 am from the master of the Malta-flagged vessel MT Minerva Vera requesting medical evacuation for crew member Milishchuk Roman, 58, the spokesperson said.
According to him, the patient had been suffering from acute periumbilical pain while the vessel was about 100 nautical miles off Kochi and en route to Fujairah (UAE).
MRSC coordinated the medical evacuation of the crew, and the patient was brought ashore by Tug Ocean Elite of Kochi Port, with an Indian Coast Guard medical assistant onboard, the spokesperson said.
The patient’s condition was assessed by the Coast Guard’s medical assistant, who administered first aid and an injection before the evacuation.
Upon arrival at Kochi Port at 1.10 pm, Roman was shifted to Lourdes Hospital by ambulance for further medical treatment, the spokesperson added.
The Indian Coast Guard remains committed to assisting mariners in distress, he said.
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Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader assaults blind woman in Church
Jabalpur: Anju Bhargava, vice-president of BJP's Jabalpur city unit, has come under sharp scrutiny, creating the ripples of political controvery in Madhya Pradesh, after a video surfaced online showing her physically assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church.
The New Indian Express has reported that the said incident reportedly took place on Saturday (20 Dec) at a church in the Hawa Bagh area, which comes under the limits of Gorakhpur police station.
The video footage that has circulated widely on Monday shows Anju Bhargava, assaulting the blind woman in the presence of a police officer. In the video, Bhargava is seen shouting at the woman, twisting her arm and forcibly grabbing her face. The victim can be heard pleading to Bhargava to speak to her rather than resorting to physical violence. Also, we can hear Bhargava screaming, “will be blind in her next birth too”
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According to The Indian Express reports, Bhargava entered the church, with members of several Hindutva affiliated organisations, alleging that the visually impaired children were being forced into religious conversion; But, the students present at the church have flatly denied all the allegations.
An unnamed police officer cited in media reports states that there was no evidence to support claims of forced religious conversion. The incident has since intensified political debate in the state, with opposition parties demanding accountability and action against those involved.
