One killed in accidental firing
Belthangady, May 31: One killed in an accidental firing from a country-made gun at Devagiri of Neriya village in the taluk on Wednesday late night.
The deceased is identified as James (48) of Devagiri. He was working as the supervisor of Baiju Estate of Neriya village. It is said that he had been to the estate with the gun on Wednesday night. When he did not return home even after morning, family members searched him in the estate and his body was found on the bank of a stream near Ambate hills of the village. Country-made gun was also found beside his body. It is said that James might have slipped and fell down while going on the bank of the stream. At this time, the double barrel gun fired killing James on the spot.
Dharmasthala police rushed to the spot and enquired. Based on the complaint lodged by Jibin, son of the deceased, the police have registered a case. The police have recovered the gun which belonged to James brother Binoy, it said.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases. Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
