214 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka on Friday recorded 214 fresh COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, pushing the caseload and death toll to 29,89,489 and 38,102.
It also said that 286 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,43,170. Active cases stood at 8,188, a health department bulletin said.
Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases with 118 fresh infections and one death. Other districts too reported fresh cases including 25 in Mysuru, 11 in Uttara Kannada and 10 in Dakshina Kannada.
While 12 districts reported zero infections, 15 districts had cases in single digits. Besides Bengaluru urban, one death each occurred in Dakshina Kannada, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Mysuru and Raichur.
The bulletin further said 11 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities. The positivity rate for the day was 0.26 per cent and the case fatality rate was 3.27 per cent.
A total of 80,145 samples were tested including 63,295 RT-PCR tests, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 5.12 crore. The number of vaccinations done so far in the state rose to 6.58 crore, with 24,075 people being inoculated on Friday, it said.
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6 held for murder of Congress leader in Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here.
Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry.
The main accused, Vijay Kumar and Lucky, were apprehended in Jamalpura village in Munger district, Bihar, by a special team dispatched there, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects aimed to illegally occupy a piece of panchayat land in the Machiwara area, but Tiwari opposed their plans. The accused allegedly visited Tiwari at his rented quarters on March 29 and attacked him with an axe, resulting in his immediate death, officials said.
The other four individuals arrested are relatives of the main accused and were aware of the murder plot, the DCP added.
Police have recovered the axe used in the crime, as well as the motorcycle the accused used to flee the scene.
