Goodina Bali: Person rescued from committing suicide
Bantwala, August 31: Local swimmers saved a person who jumped into Netravati river to commit suicide at Panemangaluru, near Goodina Bali on Friday.
The person is identified as Lakshmana Dasaiah (58) of Kakkepadavu Arotu in the taluk. It is said that he was desperate due to his inability to bear the medicine cost of his wife who has been suffering from illness and decided to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Noticing his jump into the river, locals Ibrahim, Akbar, Abiulla, Hamza, Raziq and Ubaidulla jumped into the river and saved him and later, handed him over to the Bantwala police.
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Low-intensity explosion outside Chandigarh bar-cum-lounge
Chandigarh (PTI): A low-intensity explosion occurred outside a bar-cum-lounge in the Sector 26 area of Chandigarh early on Tuesday, police said.
The explosion shattered the establishment's glass windows. No casualties were reported, they said.
CCTV camera footage from the area purported to show an unidentified person throwing something towards the bar-cum-lounge and a cloud of smoke then engulfing the place.
The police said they received a call regarding a "loud sound" from the area around 3:30 am. After inspecting the spot, the police team recovered jute rope pieces.
A team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory collected the samples, the police said and added an investigation was underway.
