Bantwal: Woman ends life by jumping into Netravati river from moving train
Bantwal, Feb 15: A 27-year-old woman ended her life by jumping into the Netravati river here from a running train on Thursday morning, police sources said.
The deceased has been identified as M G Nayana, a native of Tumakuru, going by the details of the Aadhaar card in the bag she left behind in the train. She was travelling on a Kannur-Bengaluru-Mangaluru train.
The body of the woman, floating in the river, was later recovered by local diving experts and shifted to Bantwal government hospital for post-mortem.
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The exact identity of the woman and the motive for the extreme step are yet to be ascertained, sources said. Bantwal city police station ASI Devappa Vijayakumar visited the spot as part of the investigation.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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