Mysterious blast outside house in J-K's Samba, no one injured
Jammu (PTI): A mysterious blast occurred in a village in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir early Monday, officials said.
The blast took place near the main gate of the residence of former sarpanch Jai Ram Sharma at Gawala Talab, some 10 km from the International Border in the Ghagwal sector around 2 am, the officials said.
They said the blast uprooted the gate and a portion of the boundary wall but caused no casualty.
A team of forensic experts visited the site and took samples from the scene to ascertain the cause of the explosion, they said.
Police have registered an FIR, the officials said, adding senior officers are on the scene and further investigation is on.
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Karnataka: Woman, son killed after motorcycle collides with stationary tipper
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): A woman and her son were killed after their motorcycle collided with a stationary tipper truck in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred on Mahaveer College road in Moodbidri municipal limits in this district on Tuesday evening, they said.
The deceased were identified as 68-year-old Prema Shetty and her 30-year-old son Srinivas Shetty, residents of Neeralkatte in Gantalkatte, police said.
Srinivas was a daily-wage labourer, they said.
According to police, the two were travelling on motorcycle from Moodbidri towards Gantalkatte when they allegedly rammed into the tipper truck parked on the roadside near a petrol bunk.
Prema died on the spot, while Srinivas sustained critical injuries and later succumbed at a hospital, a senior police officer said.
The family had suffered a similar tragedy last year when Prema's younger son died in a rickshaw accident.
Moodbidri police are investigating.
