Sullia’s gunshot victim succumbs to injuries
Sullia:The victim of the shooting incident at Shantinagar, identified as Sampath, a resident of Sampaje’s Kallugundi, died of gunshot injuries on Thursday. The victim was allegedly involved in Sampaje’s Kalage Ramachandra’s murder that happened a year ago and had been out on bail when he was attacked.
Reports suggest that it had been a few months since the victim secured a bail from the Court. After securing bail, Sampath had resumed his business of supplying sand and stone. The deceased would visit his acquaintance Ramakrishna, a resident of Shantinagar, and stayed with him some days. Sampath had stayed at his Shantinagar acquaintance’s house on Wednesday and on Thursday morning around 6.30 am, when he was returning home in his car, Sampath was ambushed by five masked attackers, who then shot him in the back.
Police Officers have revealed that Sampath succumbed to his gunshot injuries, After being grievously wounded during the attack.
Sullia’s Circle Inspector Naveen Chandra Jogi, SI Harish M R, and several police officers arrived at the scene and made arrangements to secure the site.
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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.
