3 sanitation workers die while cleaning manhole in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jun 4: Three sanitation workers died of asphyxiation while cleaning a manhole on Friday in the district headquarters town of Ramanagara, about 50 km from here.
"The three sanitation workers from Bengaluru had entered a manhole to clean it and died of asphyxiation. More details are awaited," the Ramanagara superintendent of police S Girish told P T I.
According to police, six people were brought from Kamala Nagar in Bengaluru by a contractor to clean the choked sewerage.
The deceased have been identified as Manjunath (29), Manjunath (32) and Rajesh (40) all from Kamala Nagar in Bengaluru.
As one of them entered, he died of asphyxiation.
The other too met the same fate in a bid to save their colleague.
The police were in search of the contractor who had brought them from Bengaluru.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
