MP: Two girls fall into waterlogged borewell; one dead
Satna, July 13 (PTI): A 16-year-old girl died after she fell into an abandoned borewell filled with rainwater while sowing paddy in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district on Sunday, while her 10-year-old friend is missing, police said.
Officials retrieved the body of Somvati Ahirwar after over four hours of the incident at 9:30 PM, while an operation is underway to trace and rescue Durga Ahirwar. The girls were residents of Salaiya Bhatwa area.
"The incident occurred at around 5 pm in a waterlogged field under Nagod police station limits, where the girls had gone to assist their families in sowing," said police inspector Ashok Pandey.
The borewell is located on land adjacent to the field where the families were working.
Pandey said the casing of the borewell had been pulled out and due to water accumulation in the area, the abandoned borehole was not visible.
He said Somvati's body was retrieved, while an operation is underway to rescue Durga. Divers of the State Disaster Emergency Response Force have been called in to assist in the operation, which is hampered by darkness and waterlogging in the field.
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Power struggle in ruling Cong has 'created massive confusion' in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday claimed that the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar has created massive confusion in Karnataka.
He remarked that the proverb “when two people fight, the third one benefits” has come true, as AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge is also now making efforts to become Chief Minister.
Speaking to reporters here, Ashoka said the entire government has turned into a house of confusion due to the alleged power tussle.
Kharge’s new statement has only added to the chaos, he said.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday said that no date has been fixed yet to discuss possible leadership change in Karnataka.
This came a day after Kharge said there was no change of CM in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state would be resolved soon.
The BJP leader said that Kharge too has aspirations and that he was cheated earlier.
"Perhaps he has received a green signal from the Congress high command to become CM. Everyone is already saying Kharge should become CM. Kharge himself has declared, “I am ready to become CM.” Despite many attempts in the past, he never became CM. Now he is trying to seize the opportunity," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said.
According to him, the situation in Congress has perfectly become a case of “two people fighting, third one benefits.”
