Death toll in Yadgiri cylinder leak, fire tragedy rises to eleven
Yadgiri: Of the 20 people who sustained severe injuries in a fire incident induced by a cylinder leak earlier this week, eleven people have succumbed to the injury as of Friday afternoon.
The incident took place in Shahapur Taluk of Yadgir district. The injured were immediately taken to the nearest government hospital in the Taluk and were later moved to Kalburgi district hospital for further treatment.
Sanganagouda Lakashetty (55) is identified to be one among the deceased and has been reported to have died on Thursday here at a Solapur hospital.
Sources say that two have been booked on grounds of distributing cylinders with poisonous gases. The police are further investigating the case while the families of the victim have pressed for a judicial enquiry in the case.
Currently, the case is being investigated by Shahpur police and complaints have been registered against Vijay Gas Agency and Indane Gas Distributers under Sections 285, 337, 338, 304 A IPC.
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No 'bacterial infection' found in bodies of 4 Mumbai family members who died after eating watermelon
Mumbai (PTI): The initial report submitted by the microbiology department of a Mumbai-based state-run hospital has said no "bacterial infection" was detected in the bodies of four family members, who died after consuming watermelon recently, officials said on Wednesday.
The Dokadia family, residents of Ghari Mohalla on Ismail Kurte Road, had hosted a get-together of relatives on the night of April 25. At around 1 am (on April 26), hours after the guests had left, Abdullah Dokadia (40), his wife Nasreen (35), and daughters Ayesha (16) and Zaineb (13) ate pieces of a watermelon.
They suffered severe bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea in the early hours of April 26 and were rushed to a local hospital before being referred to the government-run J J Hospital where all four died during treatment.
After the incident, Mumbai police, forensic experts and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials visited the house and had collected samples of every food item that constituted the family's last meal, including 'chicken pulav', watermelon, water, and other foodstuffs, and sent them to the Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis.
After the post-mortem of the deceased, their viscera was preserved for chemical analysis.
As the probe is underway, the microbiology department of the state-run J J Hospital has submitted its initial report to the police.
"As per the report, no bacterial infection has been detected so far in the bodies of the victims. No bacteria was found in their blood," the official said.
The exact cause of the death will be known once the forensic science lab submits its report, he said.
"The report will also clarify whether any food items consumed by the family members during the day contained anything poisonous," the official said.
