Bantwal: Elderly mother files complaint against son, his wife, says tied, assaulted inside toilet
Bantwal: An elderly woman has filed a police complaint against her son and daughter-in-law at the Bantwal Town Police Station, accusing the two of tying her inside the toilet and subjecting her to physical torture.
The incident is said to have occurred at the Banjanapadav Karavali in Bantwal Taluk, and the elderly complainant has been identified as Girija (70).
“I was living with my son Hariram and daughter-in-law Pooja at Karavali. In January, I had taken a fall and hurt my hip. Since then, I have been tied inside the toilet and tortured by them”, the victimized elderly mother Girija has accused in the complaint.
Despite having fallen and hurt my hip, neither my son nor my daughter-in-law provided me with medical treatment. After tying me inside the toilet, they used to just offer me one meal a day and one glass of tea. Both used to constantly shout at me saying ‘the old woman is not dying’, abusing me. My daughter-in-law used to scold me in Tulu saying ‘I will not give you food, eat dirt and die’ if I asked for food out of extreme hunger”, the victim revealed in her complaint at the police station.
Upon receiving information about a senior citizen being abused, the Senior Citizen Committee people rescued Girija from the toilet. Her rescuers tended to her and later admitted her to the Wenlock hospital in Mangaluru, where she is currently receiving treatment, the police informed.
The police have recorded a complaint in this regard and undertaken an inquiry.
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Hospital wall collapse: CM orders suspension of executive engineer; kin of victims get solatium
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of an executive engineer for the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital wall collapse that claimed the lives of seven people, during a high-level review meeting at Vidhana Soudha.
A compensation of Rs 5 lakh, as announced by the CM Siddaramaiah, was distributed to the families of seven victims who lost their lives in the tragedy on Wednesday evening, which occurred due to heavy downpour with gusty winds and hailstorm.
The meeting of municipal commissioners of the five corporations, chaired by the chief minister and attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, focused on fixing accountability and examining lapses that led to the tragedy.
"Why was soil dumped in a way that damaged the wall? Why did you not monitor this?" Siddaramaiah asked, pulling up hospital authorities during the meeting.
A statement from the chief minister's office said that the CM ordered the immediate suspension of the executive engineer of the Karnataka Health Systems Development Project (KHSDP).
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He also questioned the hospital authorities, asking why they failed to monitor the dumping of soil that weakened the structure.
The chief minister directed that a notice be issued to the head of the Hospital.
During the meeting, Siddaramaiah said the rains had caused extensive damage in the city, with over 250 trees uprooted.
The Chief Minister instructed officials to take necessary measures before the onset of the monsoon to avoid untoward incidents.
Commissioners of all five municipal zones in Bengaluru have been asked to take precautionary steps, including trimming dry and dangerous tree branches, the CMO said.
Siddaramaiah also directed them to get the silt cleared from stormwater drains to prevent flooding, and that immediate action be taken to remove debris and fallen branches from roads.
Further, he instructed that barricades be placed at underpasses where water stagnates and restricts public movement.
The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao said in a statement that Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad distributed compensation cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased on Thursday.
Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and seven others injured when the compound wall collapsed amid heavy rain, strong winds and a hailstorm on Wednesday evening.
Police said the victims, comprising three from Bengaluru, two from Kerala on a study tour and one each from Uttar Pradesh and Assam, had taken shelter near the wall when it suddenly gave way, trapping them under the debris.
The chief minister questioned officials over the dumping of soil near the wall despite knowing it could weaken the structure, and directed that a notice be issued to the head of Bowring Hospital.
Siddaramaiah, who had visited the spot soon after the incident along with senior officials, reviewed the situation and ordered a detailed probe into the collapse.
