Beltangady: Police nab injured thief following blood trail
Beltangady, Aug 14: Following a blood trail of an injured thief in Karaya village in Dakshina Kannada district, police caught him.
Police said the thief got injured in the head as he banged against a door while trying to snap the connection of a CCTV camera in a clinic that he tried to loot on Friday. While fleeing, blood was spilling from his head leaving a trail.
The burglar first tried to break into the bank adjacent to a gram panchayat office. When he failed, he entered a nearby hotel and stole around Rs 5,000 from the cash box.
After that, the thief broke open the rear window of a clinic nearby with a steel rod and took away Rs 5,000 in cash from the pharmacy there.
Noticing the CCTV in the pharmacy, he tried to cut the connection off and in the attempt his head hit against the door, leaving a serious wound. Blood started oozing out and the drops fell along the path he ran.
The police said they started searching for the robber after complaints from the owners of the pharmacy and hotel. As the CCTV camera had captured his visuals, the police said they could easily track him following the trail.
The robber was identified as Ashraf (37) of Kaukradi village. He is facing similar cases in other places too, the police added.
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Rain wreaks havoc in Bengaluru, kills 10
Bengaluru (PTI):The rains in Bengaluru on Wednesday evening wreaked havoc, killing 10 people, authorities said.
Heavy rains coupled with a hailstorm and gusty winds uprooted trees, flooded many key stretches and threw traffic out of gear, they said on Thursday.
Large parts of the city witnessed sudden, intense rainfall for nearly an hour, bringing down trees and electric poles, crushing parked vehicles and inundating low-lying areas, while several roads were rendered impassable, severely disrupting vehicular movement during peak hours.
Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed when a compound wall of the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital collapsed amid the downpour.
Among the deceased, two were from Kerala who were on a study tour. They had taken shelter near the wall when it gave way, they said.
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In another incident, a 35-year-old man, identified as Raghu, died of electrocution on Bannerghatta Road near Vega City Mall.
In a separate case in Yarab Nagar, a student, Syed Sufiyan died after coming into contact with a live electric wire while attempting to park his motorcycle during the rain, police said.
One more fatality was reported from Chamarajapet, where Manjunath died on the spot after a cement block fell and pierced through the roof of a house during the storm.
The sudden spell of rain left a trail of destruction across the city.
“So far, 10 people have died due to rain-related incidents in Bengaluru,” police said, attributing the deaths to wall collapse, electrocution and structural damage triggered by the storm.
Civic authorities said at least 87 trees were uprooted and 131 branches snapped across the city, disrupting daily life.
Of these, 60 trees and 98 branches had been cleared, while restoration work was ongoing.
Several cars and two-wheelers parked along roadsides were crushed under fallen trees.
Key junctions and underpasses were waterlogged, with the KR Circle underpass completely submerged, forcing police to barricade the stretch due to lack of drainage.
Fallen branches and stalled vehicles further worsened traffic congestion, leaving commuters stranded for hours.
Officials said buildings suffered partial damage in several areas, while the sudden and unanticipated nature of the storm caught many residents off guard. Authorities have issued a rain alert for the next three days.
