Karkala: A pregnant woman in labour pain gave birth to a baby in 108 ambulance at Karkala on Tuesday morning.

The woman, a resident of Eedu village, experienced labour pain around 9.30 in the morning. Her family had immediately placed a call to the 108 ambulance service. An ambulance picked the pregnant up from her house and took her to the government hospital in Karkala. However, the woman gave birth mid-way in the ambulance with assistance from the medical personnel in the ambulance.

Both the mother and the child were reported to be in stable condition. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Devaki and pilot Eeranna delivered them safely to the hospital, sources stated.

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Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A man allegedly threw acid on a married woman and her family members after she turned down his marriage proposal, police said.

The incident took place in the Shergarh area on Saturday, leaving the woman, her husband and two children injured.

The police said the family was sleeping in the verandah of their house when the accused allegedly entered through the roof and threw the acid on them through a mosquito net.

Circle Officer, Mirganj, said, "Shergarh police received information around 6 am that four members of a family had suffered burn injuries after a flammable substance was thrown on them."

He said police found during the investigation that the accused, Umesh Kashyap, allegedly wanted to marry the woman despite being married himself.

After she refused to marry him, Kashyap allegedly tried to throw a flammable substance on Devi. In this process, other members of the family also suffered injuries, the officer said.

The injured were taken to the Shergarh Community Health Centre, from where one of them was referred to the district hospital, police said.

An FIR has been registered, and teams have been formed to arrest the accused, they added.