Mangaluru: Fire breaks out at tyres shop; local youngsters avert major tragedy
Mangaluru: Fire broke out at a tyre shop in Bunder near Hidayat Centre here in the city on Thursday morning. The locals who noticed the fire quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire thus averting a major tragedy.
The shop named Navajeevan Traders and is reportedly is owned by K C Suresh.
Irshad Venoor who noticed the fire alerted Pandeshwar Fire Brigade station while also informing the MESCOM officials to disconnect electricity supply in the vicinity.
Soon, local youngsters Asif, Ameer Kudroli, Munavvar Kandak, Kasim, Shoukat Ali and others joined together and extinguished the fire. The complex where the shop is located has over 12 apartments and incident could’ve ended in a major tragedy if the youngsters had not jumped to the rescue operation.
It is reported that short-circuit triggered the fire in the shop. The shopowner estimated a loss of Rs. six lakhs in the incident. A case in this regard has been registered at local police station.
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Two Naxalites gunned down in encounter with cops in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.
The exchange of fire broke out in a forest along the Indravati river in the morning when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official said.
After guns fell silent, bodies of two Naxalites, clad in uniform, along with a Self-Loading Rifle, an Insas rifle and a 12-bore rifle were recovered from the spot, he said.
Search operation was still underway, he added.
With this action, at least 25 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in the state so far this year.
Earlier, 14 Maoists were gunned down in two encounters on January 3 in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur.
Last year, 285 Maoists were killed in various encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh.
The Centre has set a deadline of March 31 this year to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism from the country.
