COVID-19: Karnataka reports 130 new cases; infections breach 2,000 mark
Bengaluru: COVID-19 cases in Karnataka breached the 2,000 mark on Sunday with the detection of 130 infections, most of them returnees to the state from Maharashtra, the Health department said.
It said the total number of positive cases was now 2,056, including 654 discharges, 1,391 active cases and 42 deaths. Of the total number of cases, 100 had returned from Maharashtra and 41 of them were women.
Two of the coronavirus infected persons had a travel history to Dubai and the United Kingdom, the department said.
Giving the break up of cases, the Health department said 27 patients were from Chikkaballapura, 24 from Yadagiri, 23 from Udupi, 15 from Mandya, 14 from Hassan, six each from Kalaburagi and Bidar, four from Davangere, two each from Tumakuru, Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada and one each from Kodagu, Vijayapura, Dakshina Kannada, Bengaluru Urban and Dharwad.
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Man shoots woman dead, hangs self in UP’s Baghpat over unrequited love
Baghpat (UP) (PTI): A 20-year-old woman was shot dead by a man who later committed suicide in an apparent case of unrequited love in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat on Thursday, police said.
The incident took place in Mahavatpur Bawli village in the Badaut area, where the accused, Satnam, 22, allegedly shot the woman before hanging himself from a tree, they said.
Superintendent of Police, Suraj Kumar Rai, said preliminary findings suggest the incident was linked to unrequited love, adding that all aspects of the case are being probed.
According to police, the deceased woman, Guddan, daughter of Lakhmi Saini, worked as a tailor from her home.
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Satnam, a resident of the same village, had allegedly been in one-sided love with her for a long time and was pressuring her to marry him.
Police said that around 10.30 am, Guddan stepped out of her house to buy some items when Satnam, who was already waiting in a back lane, stopped her.
An argument ensued, following which he allegedly shot her in the head with a country-made pistol.
The woman collapsed on the spot with serious injuries.
The accused then went back to his house and committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, police said.
Upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot and took the injured woman to a community health centre, where doctors declared her dead.
A forensic team recovered the weapon used in the crime from the scene, they added.
Police have sent both bodies for post-mortem and initiated an investigation, they said.
