Mangaluru: Motorbike parked near college burnt in fire
Mangaluru, July 20: Fire broke out in a motorbike parked in front of the SDM College accidentally and burnt into flames in the incident, here on Friday.
A student of the college has parked his KTM motorbike in front of the college. After some time, fire broke out in the petrol tank of the motorbike and burnt in minutes. When verified a half burnt cloth piece was found near the silencer of the bike and it is suspected that the cloth might have got fire from the heat of the silencer and caused fire.
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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond
Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.
After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.
Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.
He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.
