Woman dies after stepping on live electric wire laid to hunt wild boars
Three accused held for trying to cover-up incident
Karkala, September 18: Karkala rural police arrested three persons on charges of trying to cover-up the incident of death of a woman who was electrocuted after she came in contact with live electric wire put up for hunting wild boars, by disposing the body in the forest, here on Monday.
The woman is identified as Girija Poojarthi (50), wife of Kantappa Poojary of Sacheripete Posral in Mundkur village. The arrested are identified as John (57) of Kadandale, Sunil (30) of Sachcharipete and Padmanabha (42) of Mundkur.
Girija Poojarthi was working as a helper at Ram Restaurant at Mundkur. On September 8 at 7.30 pm, she has gone to her neighbor’s house and later, she has been to her brother’s house nearby. But on the way, she touched the live electric wire laid for hunting the wild boars and died. But the three accused dumped the body into a well near the house of John in order to destroy the evidences. Later, after two days, they lifted the body from the well and wrapped in plastic and dumped beside a road leading to the forest at Kandiga near Kanthavara and fled the scene.
As his wife did not come home, Kantappa Poojary has lodged a complaint on September 14 at rural police station. When a two-wheeler rider Sudhir smelt foul smell while going on the road, he checked it and found the body of Girija Poojarthi in a mutilated condition. Knowing the information, the police who rushed to the spot arrested the accused. It is said that the police have suspected that another two persons might have involved in the incident and the police were looking for them also. The police will produce the accused before the court on September 19, sources said.
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UP CM Adityanath's plane makes emergency landing in Agra due to technical snag
Agra/Lucknow, Mar 26 (PTI): An aircraft carrying Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made an emergency landing at the Agra airport shortly after take off due to a technical snag, officials said.
The chief minister resumed his journey to Lucknow after over two hours, they said.
Adityanath was in Agra for a public event to mark the eighth anniversary of the BJP government in the state.
"After the programme, the chief minister was scheduled to leave from the Kheria Airport in Agra around 3.30 pm. The aircraft took off but returned shortly apparently due to a snag, which was then inspected by officials," a police official told PTI.
"The chief minister finally resumed his onward journey around 5.30 pm from Kheria," the official added.
Senior Agra district administration and police officials remained at the airport while the chief minister waited there. BJP supporters and local politicians were also present outside the airport.
Earlier in the day, Adityanath inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 128 projects worth Rs 635.22 crore at 'Vikas Utsav' held in Agra to mark the completion of eight years of his government.
"Residents of Agra now have access to metro rail services, officially making Agra a metro city. The construction of the civil terminal at the airport is in its final stages," he said, adding that previous governments failed to provide these facilities.
