Woman feared dead after crocodile attack in Vijayapura
VIJAYAPURA: In a harrowing incident, a crocodile killed a 35-year-old woman in Muddebihal taluk by dragging her into the Krishna River on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred when the deceased Gowramma Nadagouda, who had got down inside the river to feed her cattle. The victim is survived by her husband and three daughters, who are aged less than 10 years.
On Tuesday afternoon, she and her husband had taken out their cattle to feed them water on the banks of the Krishna River on the outskirts of Ayanagudi village of Muddebihal. Eye witnesses told that Gowramma slipped into the river. While she was trying to get on to the bank, the crocodile attacked and dragged her into the river.
Gowramma’s husband shouted for help and after 15 minutes, a passerby, rushed to the spot and later informed the police.
The rescue team, called by police, found her body after an hour on the other side of the bank. She had suffered severe injuries on her body. The woman’s left arm was ripped off and there were deep bite marks on her neck and left leg.
Deputy Conservator of Forests, Vijayapura, K V Naik said the forest department will provide a compensation of `5 lakh to the victim’s family. “We have alerted all farmers who live near the river bank about the increase in sightings of crocodiles,” he added.
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Fake notes with 'movie shooting purpose only' written on them send police into tizzy in Sirsi
Sirsi (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI): The police in Uttar Kannada went into a tizzy on Tuesday after they found fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination from a house in Dandeli with 'movie shooting purpose only' written on them.
Based on a tip-off, police searched a rented house at Gandhinagar in Dandeli and confiscated the fake currency notes along with a money counting machine.
Arshad Khan, who is said to be from Goa, was staying as a tenant in the house belonging to Noorjan Jhunjuwadkar, police said.
Police were informed after Jhunjuwadkar noticed that Khan was absent from the house for the past one month.
The fake currency notes had the inscription 'Reverse Bank of India' on them, but did not have the signature of the RBI governor, police said.
The notes were printed on a shining paper with only zeros written in the place of the number, and 'movie shooting purpose only' inscribed on them, police said.
A hunt is on to trace Khan to question him about the seizure, they added.
