Three boats at Mangaluru Port catches fire
Mangaluru: Three boats anchored at Mangaluru port caught fire on Thursday evening around 6.00 pm.
According to the reports the three boats were parked at engineering yard of the port when the incident took place.
Fire brigade teams from Kadri and Pandeshwar fire stations rushed to the spot and are trying to bring fire under control.
Severe damage and loss to the boats has been reported even as the fire extinguishing operation is still on.
Pandeshwar fire station officer Annapan is leading the operation at the port.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
