147 candidates suffer injuries in physical tests during Mumbai Fire Brigade recruitment drive
Mumbai (PTI): As many as 147 candidates have suffered injuries during physical tests held as part of the ongoing recruitment drive of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the city civic body said.
While142 of them received minor injuries, five aspirants suffered fractures and were hospitalised, a release of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Tuesday.
Most of the candidates suffered injuries while jumping off a 19-feet-high platform as part of the physical tests, said the release.
Candidates have to jump from the platform, not on the ground but on the jumping sheet held by trained firemen, it added.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade has undertaken a recruitment drive for filling up 910 vacant posts of fireman. Since January 13, 2023, a total of 7,532 candidates have undergone physical tests at a ground in Dahisar in the western suburbs.
"Out of these, 147 candidates have sustained various injuries. All the injured were taken to municipal hospitals in ambulances immediately," the release said.
Barring five candidates who were hospitalised due to fractures, all others were provided medical treatment and allowed to go home, the BMC said, adding all safety precautions were being followed during the recruitment process.
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Yogish Gowda murder case: HC issues notice to CBI after hearing Kulkarni’s plea
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following the filing of application by Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and Chandrashekhar Indi challenging the life imprisonment awarded to them by the Special Court for murder of BJP Dharwad leader Yogish Gowda.
The divisional bench comprising Justices Muhammad Nawaz and T Venkatesh Naik heard the pleas filed by Kulkarni on April 15 and Chandrashekhar Indi also called Chandu Mama on April 16.
The bench has now issued a notice to the CBI and also directed the HC Registry to obtain the trial court documents before adjourning the hearing.
