Three workers including husband, wife killed as mud collapses at construction site in Sullia
Sullia: Three workers died at a construction site in Gurumpu on Aletti Road near Sullia town after a load of mud fell on them during work on Saturday.
Two of the deceased workers have been identified as Hiregoddetti Somashekhar Reddy (45) and his wife Shanthakka (35), who were natives of Mundargi taluk of Gadag. The details of the third are yet to be confirmed.
The work on a barricade behind a house was going on, when the load of mud allegedly collapsed on the seven workers on the site suddenly. Four of the workers managed to escape danger, but the remaining three were caught under the falling mud.
An earthmover was used to clear the mud and rescue the three workers, who were, however, declared dead by the time the load of mud was cleared.
Minister S Angara, Tahsildar Manjunath, Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer Bhavanishankar, Town Panchayat President Vinay Kumar Kandadka, Chief Officer Sudhakar along with Sullia police officers and staff members of the fire brigade Arrived at the construction site after being informed about the incident.
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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.
