COVID-19 positive Army jawan commits suicide
New Delhi: An Army jawan infected with coronavirus was on Tuesday found hanging from a tree at the premises of a hospital here where he was being treated, police said.
The 31-year-old jawan was suffering from lung cancer. He was being treated at the military-run Base Hospital here. His sample was taken for COVID-19 test and the results came as positive, they said.
The jawan, a native of Maharashtra, was posted at Itarana Cantt in Alwar district of Rajasthan, police said. The police said they received information about the incident at around 4 am at Naraina Police Station.
On visiting the spot, the jawan was found hanging with a nylon rope from a tree behind the COVID-19 ward of the hospital, Deepak Purohit, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) said.
No suicide note was found at the spot, he said.
He was suffering from lung cancer and was under treatment at the Base Hospital since May 5. He also tested positive for coronavirus, the official said.
The jawan was last seen at around 1 am on Tuesday when he went to the washroom situated behind the COVID-19 ward, he added. The body has been shifted to the mortuary of the hospital, police said.
Family members of the deceased living in Alwar have been informed about the incident, they said, adding postmortem will be conducted in the presence of his family.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
