Four migrant labourers killled, 29 injured as rice mill building collapses in Karnal
Chandigarh, Apr 18: Four migrant labourers from Bihar were killed and 20 injured after a three-storey rice mill building collapsed in Taraori in Haryana's Karnal district early Tuesday, police said.
Over 150 labourers were sleeping inside the building when the incident took place at around 3 am, they said.
"Four labourers from Bihar have died in the incident and 20 were injured," Karnal's Superintendent of Police Shashank Kumar told PTI over the phone.
Karnal's Deputy Commissioner Anish Yadav told reporters, "All individuals (living in the building) have been accounted for. A total of 24 people were affected in the incident."
"Nearly 150 lived in the building and most of them managed to come out in time through the windows. Out of the 24 affected people, 20 are injured and four are dead," he said.
Officials said the injured were hospitalised and most of them were later discharged.
Yadav said the next of kin of those who died in the incident will be given Rs 8 lakh each as financial assistance, while the injured will get Rs 1 lakh each.
The police said that a case has been registered under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in connection with the incident.
Asked about the reason behind the collapse, Yadav said, "Prima facie, it appears the building was structurally unsafe."
He said a committee has been set up to ascertain the reason behind the building collapse.
"A committee headed by a sub-divisional magistrate has been set up. Executive engineer (Buildings and Roads) will be its member. They will submit a report on the incident," they said.
Asked if any action will be taken against the building owner, Yadav said, "We will take whatever action has to be taken as per law."
#WATCH | Haryana: Several rice mill workers feared being trapped under debris after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed in Karnal. Workers used to sleep inside the building. Fire brigade, police and ambulance have reached the spot. Rescue operations underway. pic.twitter.com/AFzN9HDPYw
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19-yr-old woman found hanging from tree in UP village; juvenile held
Lucknow/Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Police have apprehended a 16-year-old boy for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in a village here, officials said on Monday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West), Brijnandan Rai, said that the body of a 19-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree in an orchard in the Manikpur police station area on Sunday morning. A post-mortem examination subsequently confirmed that she had been raped.
Police registered a case against unidentified persons under sections 103(1) (punishment for murder) and 70(1) (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and initiated an investigation.
During the course of the investigation, the police found that the deceased was in contact with a juvenile who was also her relative.
Acting on this information, during a joint checking operation, sub-inspector Amit Kumar Singh of Manikpur police station and SOG In-charge Amit Kumar Chaurasia, along with their team, apprehended the 16-year-old near the Lehdari Ganga River bridge.
The search for other accused persons is ongoing, police said.
According to the police, the woman had gone to sleep after dinner on Saturday night but was found hanging in an orchard nearly 400 metres away from her home the following morning.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West), Brijnandan Rai, had earlier said that the circumstances suggest foul play.
"The victim's slippers and undergarments were recovered 50 metres away from the spot where the body was found. There are visible injury marks on her body," Rai said.
While locals have alleged that the woman was murdered after being raped, the ASP said that it is "prima facie a case of murder."
"Based on the complaint filed by the victim's brother, a case of murder has been registered against unidentified persons," the officer added.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, in a post on X in Hindi on Monday, said, "The news of the heinous murder of a Dalit daughter in Pratapgarh is deeply tragic and condemnable."
"The question remains: why does the spate of murders of 'PDA daughters' continue unabated in Uttar Pradesh? Are the BJP government's claims regarding women's safety merely hollow rhetoric, or is there, in fact, discrimination even in the provision of security for women?" he said.
"Whenever the 'wandering Honourable (ghumantu maananiye)' finds a moment of respite from election campaigning, he should cast a glance at the plight of the daughters of his own Uttar Pradesh. In any case, apart from injustice and oppression, no sister, daughter, or mother of this state holds any hope from you," Yadav added.
