Fire breaks out in Bengal school, two teachers injured
Howrah (PTI): T
Howrah, Jun 27 (PTI) Two women teachers suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out in a primary school in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Thursday morning when mid-day meal was being cooked, police said.
A few students were present in the school at Bhattanagar in Liluah area, but they were in another part of the compound.
Two fire tenders doused the blaze within an hour, the police said.
The injured teachers, including Headmistress Tapasi Goswami, were hospitalized.
A police officer said only a handful of students have reached the school when the fire was noticed at around 6.30 in the morning.
Gas leak from an LPG cylinder is suspected to be the cause of the fire.
A few students were present in the school at Bhattanagar in Liluah area, but they were in another part of the compound.
Two fire tenders doused the blaze within an hour, the police said.
The injured teachers, including Headmistress Tapasi Goswami, were hospitalized.
A police officer said only a handful of students have reached the school when the fire was noticed at around 6.30 in the morning.
Gas leak from an LPG cylinder is suspected to be the cause of the fire.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
