25-year old youngster dies of fever in Mangaluru; Dengue suspected
Mangaluru: A 25-year old youngster who was being treated for fever at a hospital in the city for last few days, passed away on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Karthik (25) a resident of Bolar in Mangaluru.
The death has raised suspicion about his being a case of dengue fever which has gripped the Dakshina Kannada District from last couple of months.
District Health Officer Dr. Ramakrishna Rao also raised suspicion about the case and added that the district administration was investigating his death.
The District Administration have been organising several awareness camps and drives against Dengue looking at the increasing number of Dengue cases in the District lately.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
