Boat overturns near Maravanthe, fishermen safe
Mangaluru: A boat with four fishermen on board overturned after hitting a rock near Maravanthe coast in Udupi district Wednesday morning, police said.
All the four fishermen in the boat swam to safety. The boat owner, Srinivas Kharvi (50) was injured while trying to lift the boat from its position.
He has been admitted to a hospital in Kundapur.
The boat, Aadi Anjaneya had set out for fishing in the morning when it was caught in huge waves and rammed against the rock. Two engines of the boat and the net were damaged in the mishap.
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Sleeping together in fear of elephant attack, 3 children die of snake bite in Jharkhand
Garwah (Jharkhand), Sep 6: Three children who were sleeping together in fear of elephant attacks, died of snakebite in a village in Jharkhand’s Garwah district, police said on Friday.
The incident happened in Chapkali village, under the jurisdiction of Chinia police station of the district, a police officer said.
Scared of elephant attacks, around 8 to 10 children of a family were sleeping on the floor of their tile home when the reptile, reportedly a Krait, sneaked into the house, situated in Nawanagar Tola, and bit the three on Thursday night, the police officer said.
Following the incident, the victims were taken to a sorcerer at around 1 am, where two of them died.The family members then took the third victim to a quack but she died on the way, the police officer said.
The deceased were identified as Pannalal Korwa (15), Kanchan Kumari (8), and Baby Kumari (9), the Officer-in-Charge of Chinia police station Neeraj Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the villagers are being forced to sleep in safe places owing to the prevailing elephant menace.
The pachyderms enter the human habitat in search of food.
Some villagers were compelled to sleep on the roof of school buildings or in groups at one place in the village, the locals claimed.
