Kundapura: An aged woman who has been to the well to lift the water slipped accidentally into it and drowned at Kattu near Hemmadi village in the taluk on Wednesday.

The deceased is identified as Ammakka Poojarthi (73). She has been to the open well situated at the field belonging to Chandu Devadiga at around 1.30 pm.But she could not balance her body and slipped into it. Following a complaint from her son Raju Poojary, Kundapur police registered a case. 

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Ghaziabad (UP) (PTI): Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early on Wednesday, police said.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said the police received information around 2.15 am about three girls jumping off the balcony of the ninth-floor apartment in a tower of Bharat City, located under the Teela Mor police station area.

On reaching the spot, the police found that the girls - Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12) - daughters of Chetan Kumar, had fallen to the ground floor and suffered fatal injuries, the ACP said.

They were rushed by ambulance to a hospital in Loni, where doctors declared them dead on arrival, he added.

The police have initiated legal formalities and are investigating the circumstances leading to the incident, officials said.

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