Two-year-old toddler in Davanagere drowns to death after falling accidentally into bucket of water
Davanagere: In an incident reported from Nibagur Gollarahatti village of Jagaluru taluk, a two-year-old child died after falling into a bucket filled with water on Tuesday.
The deceased toddler is identified as Veda, the third child of Manjunath and Rajeshwari.
On Tuesday morning, Veda was playing with her elder sisters Roja and Rohini in front of their house, while Rajeshwari was inside the house. When she came out of the house some time later, after completing her work, she could not find Veda there. She went searching for her daughter and found Veda in the bathroom, having fallen into a bucket of water.
Manjunath and Rajeshwari immediately took Veda to the Taluk Government Hospital, where the doctors confirmed that the child was dead.
A case has been registered at Jagaluru Police Station, based on Manjunath’s complaint that Veda entered the bathroom situated behind the house while playing. The complainant has affirmed that his daughter drowned and died after slipping and falling into the water-filled bucket in the bathroom.
Local legislator B Devendrappa met the family at the taluk hospital and personally handed an ex-gratia of Rs 25,000. He also asked people, including the staff at the anganawadi centre and primary school in the constituency, to take additional care of children to ensure their safety.
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RSS man's defamation case against Rahul: Key witness unavailable, hearing adjourned to Dec 20
Thane (PTI): A court in Bhiwandi in Thane district on Saturday adjourned the hearing in the criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker to December 20 due to non-availability of a crucial prosecution witness.
Advocate Narayan Iyer, counsel for Rahul Gandhi, confirmed the adjournment, stating that the witness, Ashok Saykar, currently Deputy Superintendent of Police in Barshi in Solapur, could not remain present due to personal reasons.
Saykar's evidence is now likely to be recorded on December 29.
His testimony is considered key because he, as police sub inspector in 2014, conducted the preliminary inquiry into the private defamation matter under Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
It was on the basis of Saykar's submitted report that the court subsequently issued process (summons) against Rahul Gandhi under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The criminal defamation case was filed by local RSS worker Rajesh Kunte following a speech given by Rahul Gandhi at an election rally near Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014.
The case stems from the Congress leader's alleged statement that "the RSS people killed (Mahatma) Gandhi."
The matter is being heard by Bhiwandi Joint Civil Judge, Junior Division, P M Kolse.
The hearing had previously been adjourned on November 15 after the complainant's counsel, Advocate Prabodh Jaywant, moved an application seeking permission to examine Saykar, who had submitted the probe report to the court.
The matter was originally scheduled for November 29 but was deferred to December 6 after Rahul Gandhi's legal team sought an adjournment citing their non-availability. The proceedings will now resume on December 20.
