Five, including woman, die of asphyxiation inside septic tank in Chhattisgarh
Raipur : Five persons, including a woman, died of suspected asphyxiation inside a septic tank of a house in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
Jashpur SP Prashant Thakur said the five had gone inside the tank for some repair work.
The deceased were identified as the house owner’s wife Savitri (45), Badu Tam (60), Paramjeet Paikra (19) and two workers Ramjeevan Ram (35) and Ishwar Sai (40).
Initially, two workers went inside the septic tank in Pandripani village under Farsabahar police station to remove the wooden logs which supported the slab of the tank, but they did not come out. Subsequently, two others went inside but they also did not return. Then, the wife of house owner went inside and she too did not come out, the SP said.
A child who was around raised an alarm and the villagers gathered, the SP said.
Police also rushed to the spot with rescue equipment and brought out the five and rushed them to the hospital, where they were declared dead, the SP said, adding that the exact cause of death will be confirmed after the post-mortem.
courtesy : hindustantimes.com
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
