Heavy rain claim two live in Udupi District
Udupi: Heavy rain that has gripped Coastal Karnataka and parts of Kerala since Thursday reportedly claimed two lives in Udupi District in two different incidents reported on Thursday.
In the first incident reported from Karkala Gram Panchayath limits, a 42-year old woman who had been to field to collect grass for the cattle fell into a pond and died of drowning. The woman, identified as Sulochana went into the field to collect grass in the afternoon. When she did not return till evening, her family started looking for Sulochana. However, her dead body was found in a pond in the evening.
In another incident, reported from Kukkehalli an auto-driver who was staying at his friend’s house due to heavy rain, died after he sustianed injuries as a tree fell and hit his head at Dinakar's house due to heavy rain on Thursday night.
An auto rickshaw driver Ravindra Kullal, who was on his way to his home on Thursday night decided to stay at his friend Dinakar Shetty’s house due to heavy rain as it was nearly impossible to ride his auto home. Later in the night a tree fell down due to heavy rain, Ravindra who was sleeping in the sit-out of the house sustained severe injuries and breathed his last.
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Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader assaults blind woman in Church
Jabalpur: Anju Bhargava, vice-president of BJP's Jabalpur city unit, has come under sharp scrutiny, creating the ripples of political controvery in Madhya Pradesh, after a video surfaced online showing her physically assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church.
The New Indian Express has reported that the said incident reportedly took place on Saturday (20 Dec) at a church in the Hawa Bagh area, which comes under the limits of Gorakhpur police station.
The video footage that has circulated widely on Monday shows Anju Bhargava, assaulting the blind woman in the presence of a police officer. In the video, Bhargava is seen shouting at the woman, twisting her arm and forcibly grabbing her face. The victim can be heard pleading to Bhargava to speak to her rather than resorting to physical violence. Also, we can hear Bhargava screaming, “will be blind in her next birth too”
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According to The Indian Express reports, Bhargava entered the church, with members of several Hindutva affiliated organisations, alleging that the visually impaired children were being forced into religious conversion; But, the students present at the church have flatly denied all the allegations.
An unnamed police officer cited in media reports states that there was no evidence to support claims of forced religious conversion. The incident has since intensified political debate in the state, with opposition parties demanding accountability and action against those involved.
