Mangaluru: Fire breaks out at tyres shop; local youngsters avert major tragedy
Mangaluru: Fire broke out at a tyre shop in Bunder near Hidayat Centre here in the city on Thursday morning. The locals who noticed the fire quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire thus averting a major tragedy.
The shop named Navajeevan Traders and is reportedly is owned by K C Suresh.
Irshad Venoor who noticed the fire alerted Pandeshwar Fire Brigade station while also informing the MESCOM officials to disconnect electricity supply in the vicinity.
Soon, local youngsters Asif, Ameer Kudroli, Munavvar Kandak, Kasim, Shoukat Ali and others joined together and extinguished the fire. The complex where the shop is located has over 12 apartments and incident could’ve ended in a major tragedy if the youngsters had not jumped to the rescue operation.
It is reported that short-circuit triggered the fire in the shop. The shopowner estimated a loss of Rs. six lakhs in the incident. A case in this regard has been registered at local police station.
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Thane court sentences three people to 3 years RI for kidnapping baby
Thane (PTI): A court in Maharashtra's Thane has sentenced three people to three years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a five-month-old baby in the city.
Additional sessions judge Suryakant S Shinde found the accused, including two women, guilty of charges under section 137(1)(b) (kidnapping) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for the crime that took place in October last year.
A copy of the order dated December 15 was made available on Saturday.
As per the case details, the infant's mother, Vanita Rakesh Pawar, a scrap collector, reported that he was abducted while the family was sleeping under the Rabodi flyover bridge on October 12, 2024.
Following a swift investigation, the CCTV footage from nearby buildings was analysed, and it captured a woman in a red dress picking up the baby and later meeting two other accused to hand him over.
Based on a tip-off, a police team raided a premises in Rabodi, rescued the baby, and arrested Javed Amjat Ali Nhavi (35), Jayashree Yakub Naik (45), and Surekha Rajesh Khandagale (34).
The judge relied on the digital evidence and noted that Nhavi had been externed from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Mumbai and had violated the externment order.
He received an additional one-year sentence under the Maharashtra Police Act for entering Thane despite an active externment (expulsion) order.
The court acquitted them of charges under section 143 (trafficking), noting that while kidnapping was proven, the "exact purpose" (such as sale or forced labour) was not established by the prosecution.
