Monsoon claims its first victim in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, May 29: An elderly woman died after the compound wall behind her house collapsed due to incessant rain in Mangaluru on Tuesday.
Mohini (60), a resident of Udayanagar near KPT is the deceased lady. Due to heavy rain on Tuesday the compound wall behind her house was collapsed at around 11 am and Mohini was buried under the mud.
Mangaluru east police, fire personal and locals rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation. After a long rescue operation, by the time Mohini was taken out of the mud she had already breathed her last.
As the road leading to Mohini's house was very narrow fire brigade vehicles and other four wheelers could not reach the spot. This effected the rescue operation that ended with the death of elderly lady, locals said.
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Railway track tampered with in Surat district; police suspect sabotage attempt
Surat (PTI): Unidentified persons allegedly tampered with a railway track by removing fish plates and loosening several bolts in an attempt to derail trains in Gujarat's Surat district on Saturday, police said.
The sabotage attempt came to light before a train could pass through the affected track between Kosamba and Kim railway stations as a lineman detected the damage and alerted the railway authorities in the early hours of the day, officials said.
Unidentified persons removed two fish plates that bolted the ends of two rails on the railway track and placed them on the parallel track, Superintendent of Police, Surat (rural), Hitesh Joysar said.
They also loosened some 40-50 bolts, he said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police RR Sarvaiya said a lineman inspecting the track discovered the tampering around 5.30 am and alerted the railway administration.
"Railway engineers and other staff reached the site and repaired the line, and the movement of trains resumed," he said.
Sarvaiya said the railway and local police have launched a probe, and a case is being registered.
Inspector PH Jadeja of Kim police station said it was an attempt to derail the train, and an accident was averted due to the alertness of the railway staff.
The train movement resumed once the damage was fixed, he said.
