Karnataka spikes 196 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday reported a whopping 196 number of new cases of deadly coronavirus on Saturday, according to the latest health bulletin issued by Health and Family Welfare Department on Saturday afternoon.
With this the State has neared the 2000 mark for the total number of cases as it has so far reported 1939 cases.
196 cases that were reported in the state between Friday evening 5pm and Saturday 12pm has triggered panic among the residents of the state. The bulletin further informed that the new 196 cases include a four-month old baby along with 37 other children. 184 cases off the 196 reportedly were from travelers who had arrived from Mumbai.
Yadgiri District reported the highest, 72 cases in the bulletin while Raichur 39, Mandya 28 and Chikkaballapur 20 were the other Districts with remarkable numbers of new cases.
Gadag (15), Dakshina Kannada (2), Bengaluru (4), Uttara Kannada (2), Kalaburagi (1) also reported new cases.
598 people in the state have so far recovered from the virus and 42 in the state have succumbed to the deadly virus.
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3 held, hunt on for 4 accomplices after they kidnap, assault and urinate on man in Bhopal
Bhopal (PTI): Police have registered a case against seven persons and arrested three of them for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and urinating on a 22-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.
The incident occurred during the intervening night of April 26 and 27 in an area located under the Hanumanganj police station limits, an official said.
One of the accused urinated on the face of the victim and captured a video of the act, which was later circulated on social media to humiliate him, he said.
"A complaint in this connection was lodged by Jaswant Markam (22), a resident of Kamla Nagar, based on which a case was registered against seven persons under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and police have arrested three of them, including one Prem Thapa," Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.
Three police teams have been formed and the remaining suspects will be apprehended soon, he said.
During the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, Markam was at the local bus stand with a friend when around 4 am, the accused took him away on the pretext of discussing something with him. They asked him about his neighbour and friend Aniket. When he refused to provide any information, they started assaulting him, the police said.
The accused then took him to a forest in Karond area, where he was stripped and severely thrashed, they said.
When the man began to lose consciousness, one of the accused urinated on his face and made a video of the act, which was circulated on social media to humiliate him and spread terror, according to the police.
The accused called Markam's friend around 5 am to inform him about his condition. The victim was subsequently admitted to a hospital, the officials said, adding that the viral video was also being investigated.
Responding to a query, Hanumanganj police station in-charge Awdhesh Bhadoria said if the victim was found to be from the tribal community, then relevant sections will be invoked against the accused.
At present, the police are probing the incident and search is on to arrest the remaining accused, he added.
In 2023, a man had urinated on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media platforms and created a controversy.
