Farmer dies in elephant attack in Sullia
Sullia, Apr 8: A 85-year old farmer was killed in an attack by an elephant in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.
Sources said Shivaram Gowda was attending to problems in the pipeline that brings water to his plantation from inside the forest region when the elephant attacked him at Kalmakaru in Sullia taluk on Wednesday evening.
He suffered serious injuries on his leg after he was trampled by the animal.
Though Gowda was taken to a private hospital in Sullia, his life could not be saved, the sources said.
Forest officials visited the hospital and collected details of the incident from relatives.
Local people said they had noticed an elephant herd near the area on Wednesday evening.
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Sex racket busted in Navi Mumbai; two girls rescued, one man arrested
Thane (PTI): Two minor girls were rescued after a prostitution racket was busted in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
On a tip off about one Harish running a flesh trade racket, the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch started a probe on February 20, the official said.
"A decoy customer was sent to verify the information, following which a trap was laid in front of a hotel in Sector 11. The Anti Human Trafficking Cell nabbed Harish Vikas Chhari, a resident of Koparkhairane, while his associate Raj Singh is on the run. Two minor girls were rescued," the CBD Belapur police station official said.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added.
