H1N1 positive in 7 persons at Thirthahalli, vigilance squad deputed
Shivamogga, September 25: Suspected H1N1 cases are found in some villages in Thirthahalli taluk in the district. District Health department has confirmed that seven patients were tested positive to the H1N1 fever.
DHO Dr BC Venkatesh confirmed this news that the blood samples of the suspected patients were collected and sent to Virology Institute in Shivamogga. Among the samples, seven samples are tested positive, he said.
Treatment facility was made for the patients at the JC Hospital in Thirthahalli town and all of them were recuperating. Separate wards were also set up in the hospital for those patients. For those who have been getting the treatment at private hospitals, the department has been distributing the tablets, he said.
The suspected H1N1 cases were reported from Kuruvalli, Shirajapura, Mahishi and Harogoppa villages in the taluk. In those villages, the department has deputed vigilance squads which will check up the health of the villagers and provide treatment. Awareness was also being created among people on the spread of H1N1 syndrome. But currently, the situation was under control, the DHO said.
As the rain is receded, the mercury level was increased in the taluk. Amidst this, the contagious diseases are also increasing. Hundreds of people in the taluk have been suffering from fever.
ZP member visits hospital
Zilla Panchayat member Kasaravalli Srinivas visited the taluk government hospital and enquired the health condition of the patients. He also held discussion with the doctors and staff of the hospital and asked the doctors to give suitable treatment to the patients.
No death is reported
“H1N1 is not the reason for the death of a person from Hodala Aralapura village in Manipal hospital. The medical report of the Manipal hospital has never mentioned about H1N1 virus. There is no need to be panic over this issue”.
- Dr. B.C. Venkatesh, DHO
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
