‘Cooking gas through pipeline in DK district soon’
Foundation stone for urban gas supply scheme on Nov 22
Mangaluru, November 21: The selected places in five taluks in the district would shortly get cooking gas supply through pipeline in the first phase. The foundation stone for the City Gas Distribution (CGD) system would laid on November 22 in some of the districts including Dakshina Kannada district.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that under the CGD scheme, the foundation stone would be laid at the town hall for the 10th round programme in Karnataka. The programme would be held at 2.30 pm and at 3 pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch the programme through video conference officially. Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, MLAs Vedavyas Kamath, Bharat Shetty, Mayor Bhaskar would participate in it, he added.
The gas would be supplied for home use, industries and commercial units in the district. But the selected places in Bantwala, Belthangady, Mangaluru, Puttur and Sullia taluks were installed pipeline for supplying the gas in the first phase. For the 25 year-old scheme, Rs 1972 crore was being spent. In Dakshina Kannada district, total 100 CNG stations would be set up and it was targeted to supply cooking gas to 3.5 lakh houses through pipeline which will be installed in 1250 km range and this would help around 20 lakh people. It would be an environment-friendly and the gas would be available round the clock. Customers need not to book the cylinders and wait for them. This scheme was safe from leakage and theft, he said.
A study would be conducted in the district on the possibility of installing pipeline. By 2019 March, the Gail Gas Company has planned to open five CNG stations, said Gail Company general manager Vivek Vathodkar.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
