Puttur: Robbers make away with cash, other stuff from two shops
Puttur: In an incident of theft that came to light on Thursday morning, thieves reportedly broke into and stole from two shops beside the Krishna Nagar Church near the Puttur-Uppinangady road.
Reportedly, the thieves stole a stockpile of 2 gunny bags containing cigarette packets and tobacco products along with some money from the cash drawer inside the shop of an individual named Gopala, which is located near Krishna Nagar. From the adjacent vegetable shop belonging to a vendor named Lateef, the thieves reportedly broke in through the rolling shutter and stole Rs 300 that was kept in a box, the complaint registered with the police details.
Gopala used to run a small roadside shop near Salmar cross several years ago, which had burned down in a fire. Afterward, as the road expansion work was undertaken in the area, he had moved his little shop to Krishna Nagar. Previously, an incident of theft had occurred in his shop and now for the second time, his shop has been once again been subjected to theft.
It is learned that the Puttur city police visited the scene and conducted an inquiry.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
