Mangaluru: 10 children, 6 pregnant women among 30 who tested positive for COVID-19 in DK on Saturday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District on Saturday reported 30 fresh cases of Coronavirus which has taken the total toll of the number of infected patients in the District to 271.
Among the 30 people who tested positive for the virus on Saturday, 25 returned from Saudi Arabia and are at quarantine centers. The other five returned from Maharashtra.
However, in what has come as unwelcoming news, a majority of the infected patients who tested positive on Saturday, are children and pregnant women. With people who returned from Saudi Arabia testing positive for the virus, the District Administration has been brought on toes as more than 300 people have arrived in the District from Saudi in the last one week and are at quarantine centers.
On Saturday, three infants aged one year, two infants aged two years and four-year-old two girl child tested positive for the virus. Seven children aged below five years have tested positive. Along with this, three other children aged below 14 years have also tested positive.
Six pregnant women have also tested positive for the virus.
A total of 196 reports of swab samples arrived, of which 30 returned as positive and 166 returned negative for the virus. The District administration has sent 258 more samples for testing on Saturday.
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Tantrik held for raping woman on pretext of solving domestic problems in Thane
Thane (PTI): A 55-year-old tantrik has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman repeatedly on the pretext of solving some domestic problems in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.
Based on a complaint, the police on Wednesday arrested the accused, Santosh Poddar alias Vinod Pandit, from the Shanti Nagar area of Mira Road under sections 376(2)(n) (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the IPC and the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013, an official said.
The accused, who claimed to be a tantrik (sorcerer), operated in the locality and advertised on Facebook, he said.
The victim approached Poddar seeking a solution for some domestic issues, and he allegedly raped her on multiple occasions on the pretext of curing her, the official said.
The accused also shot objectionable videos of her and threatened her, he said.
Fed up with the harassment, the woman approached the police earlier this week, he said, adding that a probe is underway to find out if the accused similarly exploited other women.
