Vitla: Two workers enter 30-foot-deep well to place rings, die due to lack of oxygen
Vitla: Two manual workers, aged 40 years and 24 years, died of asphyxiation while working on placing the rings inside a 30-foot well sunk at Padibagilu of Kepu village on Tuesday.
The deceased workers were identified as Ibrahim, also known as Ibbu (40), a native of Kukkila currently residing at Parthippadi, and Ali (24) from Malar.
Ibrahim had been involved in the work of setting the rings of a well for the last 20 years. The two workers had planned that one of them would set the rings inside the well and also clean the well later, with work commencing on Tuesday.
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When the worker who descended into the well did not emerge after a considerable amount of time, the second worker became suspicious and entered the well to check on him. Unfortunately, both Ibrahim and Ali reportedly succumbed to asphyxiation on the spot, lacking oxygen at a depth of 30 feet.
The locals retrieved the bodies of the workers from the well and shifted them to the mortuary of the Vitla Community Hospital.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
