Indore: On-duty police officer suffers heart attack during India-NZ match
Indore, Jan 24: An on-duty deputy superintendent of police suffered a heart attack during the 3rd ODI between India and New Zealand in Indore on Tuesday evening, an official said.
DSP DS Chauhan was rushed to a hospital after his health deteriorated at the match venue Holkar Stadium in the city, said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Prashant Choubey. He is out of danger, said the senior official.
Chauhan was part of the police team entrusted with maintaining law and order during the cricket match between Team India and the Kiwis, said the senior official.
Eyewitnesses said the DSP was unconscious when the police personnel first took him to an ambulance parked at the stadium but its driver could not be found. Chauhan was then taken to the hospital in a police vehicle.
Additional DCP Choubey said the police personnel at the stadium first performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Chauhan.
Choubey said action will be taken against the ambulance driver for negligence.
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Three teenage pregnancies reported in Karnataka within six months
Bengaluru: Karnataka has reported three cases of teenage pregnancies within the past six months, with the latest incident coming to light at a private school in Channarayapatna town of Hassan district, reported by The New Indian Express on Saturday.
Experts and child rights officials have expressed serious concern over the recurring cases, pointing to gaps in child protection mechanisms within educational institutions. They have cited the absence of child protection committees in schools, lack of awareness about the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, inadequate sex education, and parental ignorance as key factors contributing to such incidents.
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The commission’s chairman, Shashidhar Kosambe reportedly said, the main reason is not implementing the Karnataka State Child Protection Policy, 2016, in schools, especially at residential schools like those in Yadgir and Koppal where such incidents have taken place.
According to the policy, the commission must have two teachers or school officials and two outsiders who work in the interest of child rights, so that there is no prejudice whenever complaints are filed.
“It is the responsibility of the commission to monitor children and school staff. Awareness programmes on child protection policies, the POCSO Act, and sexual abuse must be conducted regularly for students and staff. Police must be informed immediately when a violation is detected. The policy and the commission must become part of the ecosystem and shouldn’t be treated as extra work,” TNIE quoted Kosambe as saying.
Psychiatry professor at ESI hospital, Rajajinagar, Dr Chandrashekar said, many adolescent girls become pregnant when they are sexually abused by their male friends. The victims undergo a lot of physical changes and mental trauma because of the way others respond. Therefore, whenever we come across a pregnant teenager, especially the victims of sexual abuse, we provide counselling to the victim as her family members.
