Mangaluru: Woman mowed down by city bus while crossing the road
Mangaluru: A 55-year-old woman died on the spot as a city bus mowed her down as she was crossing the road near Bendoorwell in the city on Thursday after noon.
The deceased woman has been identified as Irene D’Souza.
The woman, incidentally, had been traveling in the city bus, which traveled from St. Agnes Circle and stopped at the Bendoorwell Junction. Irene got off at the Junction and was crossing the road when the bus hit her. The bus also ran over her after she fell on the road, police said.
Traffic Police officers have filed a case and are investigating the matter. They also visited the accident spot for investigation.
This is the second death in an accident at Bendoorwell Junction in the last one week. On March 24, an 11-year-old boy died on the spot after he fell off a two-wheeler that was hit by a bus at the Junction.
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MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh seized in Nagpur; two traffickers from Rajasthan held
Nagpur (PTI): Police in Nagpur have seized MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh and arrested two men from Rajasthan in connection with the seizure, officials have said.
The action was taken on Tuesday after the MIDC police received inputs that two persons were planning to sell MD, commonly known as ecstasy, near Sangam Road, Wanadongri.
Two men, identified as Ramswaroop Bhairaram Bishnoi (24) and Hariram Jagdish Paliwal (31), both residents of Kalyanpur tehsil of Rajasthan’s Balotra district, were then arrested from the spot, police said.
The duo was carrying 533 grams of MD, valued at over Rs 53 lakh, an official said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added.
