Accident: Injured assistant professor dies
Bantwala, June 17: An assistant professor of Srinivasa Engineering College of Mangaluru who sustained severe injuries in a bike accident on Friday, succumbed to the injuries on Sunday. The deceased is identified as Prof Yashwant Acharya (48).
His scooter collided with another scooter near Brahmashree Narayana Guru circle on BC Road while going towards Bantwala, according to police. Acharya had worked for several years at Bantwala SVS College as mathematics lecturer and has large number of students fans. Later, he joined Srinivasa Engineering College of Mangaluru as assistant professor in mathematics. He is survived by wife and a son, father and mother.
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Woman mauled to death by leopard near Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Nov 18: A 52-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard near here, officials said on Monday.
Kariamma had gone to cut grass at an agricultural field near her home at Kambalu, Gollarahatti, in Nelamangala taluk in Bengaluru Rural district on Sunday evening when the incident happened, they said.
The field, where she was working, was adjacent to a forest which is frequented by leopards, and warnings were also issued to villagers in recent times to not venture into the vicinity. There were instances of leopard killing dogs and other strays, a senior forest officer said.
"The woman, who is into rearing cattle, went to the agricultural field to cut grass and was allegedly dragged by the leopard into the forest area where the big cat mauled her to death and consumed parts of her body from head to chest," he said.
When she did not return, her family members went searching for her and discovered her half-eaten body and reported it to the forest officials, he added.
A 30 member team of leopard task force, 30 staff and 10 officers of the forest department reached the site along with forensic experts to take samples of the hair, blood stains and footprints of the leopard in order to catch the big cat, the officer said.
"Twenty huge cages have also been installed in and around the area in an attempt to catch the leopard involved in the killing," he said.
