Mangaluru, Dec.22: 12 persons sustained injuries when a bus collided with a car, tempo and a bike after the driver lost control over the break. The injured have been admitted to a private hospital in the city.

The injured have been identified as Jayanth, Kusappa, Abdul Rahman, Marshal Menezes, Gregory, Abhinav, Mukund Bhat, Maxil, Prajwal Fernandes, Karunakar Shetty and Mahalinga.

On Saturday evening the private bus was moving from Padavinangady to Pachanady when the driver lost control over the vehicle resulting in the series of accidents.

As a result the bus rammed over a car, tempo, a bike and finally came to halt after falling into a small pit.

Most of the injured persons were pushing a tempo that broke down on the road in Pachanady. The bus rammed into the people who were pushing the tempo.

Local resident Balakrishna and others shifted the injured persons to hospital in their vehicles. Later bus passengers were sent in other vehicles.

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Sambalpur, Odisha: A 30-year-old migrant labourer from West Bengal was beaten to death around 8.30 pm on Wednesday in the Shantinagar city after a group of men falsely accused him of being an illegal Bangladeshi national.

Police said on Thursday, the victim, identified as Juel Shaikh, had stopped at a tea stall after completing his day’s work. Three other migrant workers were with him at the time.

According to police and local sources, a group of four to five unidentified men approached the workers and began questioning them about their identity. The Observer Post reported that the men allegedly accused the labourers of being Bangladeshi immigrants and demanded proof of identity. After the workers produced valid identity documents, the attackers reportedly dismissed them as fake and began assaulting the group.

Three of the workers managed to flee. Juel Shaikh was caught by the assailants and beaten severely. He sustained serious injuries and died at the spot. The attackers fled soon after the assault.

A police officer said the body was recovered from the scene and shifted to the district headquarters hospital morgue. Shaikh’s family has been informed of his death. The injured workers were admitted to hospital for treatment. A post-mortem examination of the deceased is scheduled to be conducted on Thursday.