Father dropping son to bus stand killed, son critical as their bike crashes into car in Puttur
Puttur: In a tragic road accident, a Maruti Omni and a two-wheeler collided on Sunday night at the Mani-Mysuru National Highway here at Kumbra killing the bike rider and injuring his son who was riding a pillion.
The deceased has been identified as Kumbra Panjigudde resident Raghunath Shetty (55), his 25-year-old son Anush Shetty who was traveling around with Raghunath has sustained critical injuries and was rushed to a local hospital. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru for further treatment.
Anush was working in Bengaluru. On Sunday, Raghunath Shetty was dropping his son to the bus stand as he was leaving for Bengaluru when they crashed into an oncoming Maruti Omni vehicle driven by Puttur traffic police station personnel Sheenappa at the Thingaladi road near Kumbra. The father-son duo on the bike were immediately thrown off the bike due to the impact of the crash and sustained injuries.
Locals including film actor Sundar Rai Mandara and his friends immediately took the injured men to a hospital in Puttur. Unfortunately, Raghunath Shetty breathed his last on the way to the hospital. Anush Shetty, who had a serious cut on his leg had to be later admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
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Mumbai family deaths: FDA finds no watermelon vendor in area to check for affected stock
Mumbai (PTI): The Food and Drug Administration team probing the cause of death of four members of a family in south Mumbai's JJ Marg area have not been able to zero in on any watermelon vendor in the vicinity to check if the fruit had a role to play in the ill-fated incident, an official said on Thursday.
The Dokadia family, residents of Ghari Mohalla on Ismail Kurte Road, had hosted a get-together of relatives on the night of April 25. At around 1 am, hours after the guests had left, Abdullah Dokadia (40), his wife Nasreen (35), and daughters Ayesha (16) and Zaineb (13) ate pieces of a watermelon.
They suffered severe bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea in the early hours of April 26 and were rushed to a local hospital before being referred to the government-run J J Hospital where all four died during treatment.
"The FDA team visited the house of Dokadia and collected samples of chicken pulao and watermelon pieces. After two days, the leftover chicken pulao had developed fungus growth. The team also tried to locate watermelon vendors to check for any affected lots," he said.
But no vendors were found in the area for the past two days, preventing the FDA team from getting samples, the official added.
The FDA has requested the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to share the report on the food samples collected by them, he added.
A senior Mumbai police official said the force is waiting for FSL reports in the case, adding that questions on presence of sedatives etc in the fruit could be answered only then.
The statements of the kin of the deceased are being recorded to ascertain if it is a case of mass suicide, and it is being checked if the Dokadia family were in debt or distressed over some issue, the police official said.
