Vijayapura: In an incident reported from Veereshwara Nagar in Muddebihal, a three-year-old girl died after falling into a well near her house on Friday afternoon.

The deceased child, identified as Harshita, daughter of Basavaraj Patil, was playing in front of her house when she went missing past noon. Her parents, unable to locate her, began searching the area and later informed the police when their efforts proved unsuccessful.

Later in the evening, locals noticed a body floating in the well near the house. The fire brigade was immediately called, and the personnel recovered the body from the well. The child was confirmed dead upon retrieval.

A case has been registered, and further investigation is underway.

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Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.

A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).

Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.