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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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.
