12 including five-month old infant test positive for COVID-19 in Bhatkal
Bengaluru: Karnataka reported 45 new positive cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to over 750, a health bulletin issued by Department of Health and Family Welfare informed.
The high number of new cases that came to the fore on Friday were the results of 14 new cases that were from Davangere, 12 in Bhatkal of Uttara Kannada, 11 in Belagavi, 7 in Bengaluru and 1 in Bellari that were reported between Thursday 5pm and Friday 12 pm.
In Bhatkal, three children including a five-month old infant tested positive for the deadly virus.
All the 12 people who tested positive in Bhatkal on Friday were reportedly the direct contact with the 18-year old girl who had tested positive on May 5.
The state has seen a total of 371 people recover from the virus who have been discharged from the hospital while it has witnessed 30 deaths due to the virus ever since its breakdown.
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Four of family found dead in Maharashtra’s Nanded district in suspected mass suicide
Nanded (PTI): A farmer, his wife and their two sons were found dead in two different locations in Maharashtra’s Nanded district on Thursday morning, in what police suspect to be a mass suicide, an official said.
Around 8 am, the bodies of Ramesh Sonaji Lakhe (51) and his wife Radhabai Lakhe (45) were discovered on a cot in their home at Jawala Murar village in Mudkhed tehsil, he said.
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The bodies of their sons, Umesh (25) and Bajrang (23), were subsequently found on nearby railway lines. It appears they jumped in front of a speeding train, the official said.
Police inspector Dattatray Manthale told reporters, “The parents were found dead inside their home, while the sons took their lives on the railway tracks. We have asked a Forensic Science Laboratory team to collect evidence. The truth will come out only after a thorough technical investigation and autopsy.”
While the nature of their death appears to be part of a suicide pact, police said the exact circumstances remain unclear.
The family belonged to the small-scale farming community, but it is not yet confirmed if financial distress or a domestic crisis triggered the extreme step, the official said.
Neighbours described the Lakhes as a hardworking family who struggled against the odds of small-land farming to sustain themselves.
The Nanded rural police are recording statements of relatives and checking for notes or final messages left by the family.
