Two workers serious due to electric shock in Kudtamugeru
Bantwal, Oct.23: Two workers seriously injured due to electric shock while they were working on an electric pole in Kudtamugeru in Kolnadu village here on Tuesday.
Jagadish, a resident of Kambalabettu Nooji and Pravin, from Kojiguri in Kolnadu are the injured persons.
The duo was working on an old electric pole in Padaru Kudtikallu in Kolnadu village. Due to electric shock they fell down from the pole. They were immediately rushed to a private hospital in Puttur.
The electric supply was disconnected on the wake of repair work. Mescom officers stated that the incident took place as the electricity from the inverter flew through the wire.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
