Mangaluru: Accused conspired to rob jewelry shop owner arrested
Mangaluru, November 13: Anti-rowdy squad police of the Mangaluru South Sub-Division arrested the accused who have planned to rob a jewelry shop owner in the city.
The arrested accused have been identified as Sheik Mohammed Ansar alias Ansar (34), Rameez (21) of KC Road, Mohammad Touseef alias Tachhu (24), Ubaidulla (25), Mohammad Tauseef alias Tauseef (25), Mohammad Ali, (25), inter-state accused Ahmed Kabeer (30), Asgar Ali (27), Saabit (19), Mohammad Sabad (22) and Ameer Ali (19).
Acting on a tip-off that a team of robbers are planning to rob someone at Mangaluru Hills Road in Pachchanadi village, rural police station inspector Sidda Gouda Bhajantri and South Division Anti-Rowdy Squad staff arrested the accused.
The police recovered two cars worth Rs 3,50,000, three iron knives, four fake number plates, Rs 16,050 cash and other valuables worth Rs 3,66,050 from the accused.
When the police interrogated the accused, they spilled the beans that they have planned to loot the jewelry and cash of Vaishnavi Jewelry owner Santosh on Rath Beedi. Four other accused were escaped and they would be arrested soon, police sources said.
The arrested have been facing various cases including murder, murder attempt, robbery, assault and POCSO Act in Karnataka and Kasaragod district in Kerala.
Another case was registered at Urwa police station around 20 days ago on the robbery of cash belonging to the same person. Anti-rowdy squad ACP K Rama Rao and ASI Mohan KV, Head constables Girish Bengre, Sunil Kumar, Razy VM, Ravichandra Padre, Damodara, Rajaram, Mahesh, Mohammad Sharief, Dayanand, Sudhir Shetty, Mohammad Iqbal and Mangaluru rural police inspector SH Bhajantri and head constables Ranjan, Mohan, Subhash, Staff Maruthi, Anand and Gyanappa participated in the operation.
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Woman in labour dies while being transported in ambulance lacking oxygen support
Palghar (PTI): A 26-year-old pregnant woman from Maharashtra's Palghar district died while being taken to hospital in an ambulance which was not equipped with oxygen and other necessary facilities, authorities said on Wednesday.
Palghar's Civil Surgeon Dr Ramdas Marad said the health department has repeatedly raised concerns with authorities about the lack of specialised ambulances in the region.
The woman, who was in labour pain, was brought to a rural hospital here in a critical state on Tuesday evening.
"If she had come earlier, we could have saved her," the health official said.
Palghar Lok Sabha member Dr Hemant Savara said the health department should take necessary action into the matter and ambulance services should have adequate facilities.
Pinki Dongarkar, resident of Sarni village, went into labour on Tuesday evening.
Her family immediately rushed her to Kasa rural hospital, but due to the critical nature of her condition, the staff there referred her to neighbouring Silvassa city (in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) for further medical attention.
However, despite frantic attempts by her family to secure an ambulance equipped with oxygen and necessary medical facilities through the '108' emergency service, their requests went unanswered, a health official said.
They were eventually provided with a regular ambulance by the Kasa rural hospital.
While en route to Silvassa, the woman succumbed to complications and the foetus also did not survive, health officials confirmed.
Dr Marad said the woman was brought to the Kasa rural hospital in a critical state.
According to him, the woman suffered from a condition called Intrauterine Fetal Death (IUFD), where the foetus died in the womb. The exact time of the foetal death could not be determined.
Upon arrival at the hospital, the woman was semi-conscious and showed signs of severe infection.
On issues with the 108 emergency ambulance services, which are privately operated, Dr Marad said the ambulance might have been unavailable due to high demand.
The health department has repeatedly raised concerns with authorities about the lack of specialised ambulances in the region, he said.
Talking to PTI, Palghar BJP MP Savara said, "This is a very sad incident. The health department should take necessary action in this connection. Also, such an incident should not happen in future for this reason."
"The ambulance services should have adequate oxygen and cardiac support facilities. Also, a doctor is required to accompany the patient. I will follow it up with the government," he said.
CPI (M) leader Vinod Nikole, the newly-elected assembly member from Dahanu in Palghar, said he had raised the issue in the House during his last term, but no action was taken.
He criticised the government over "indifference" towards improving healthcare facilities, particularly in tribal areas, and accused the state of prioritising other programmes, such as the Ladki Bahin Yojana, over the urgent needs of healthcare in rural regions.
