7 labourers die as machine with 100 tonnes of corn collapses in Karnataka godown
Vijayapura (PTI): Seven labourers from Bihar died after a gigantic processing machine collapsed, trapping them under a heap of about 100 tonnes of corn at a godown of a private food processing unit in Aliyabad industrial area here, police said on Tuesday.
"Three people were injured but they were not trapped. Of the trapped people, one was rescued while seven of them died. All of them are labourers," Superintendent of Police of Vijayapura Sonawane Rishikesh Bhagawan told PTI.
The incident occurred on Monday evening.
During a search and rescue operation, the bodies of the seven labourers were pulled out while one person was rescued, the police officer said.
Another senior police official said: "The machine that processes corn has funnels laden with corns attached to it which are very, very heavy. The labourers working under it got trapped after it collapsed partially. These labourers got trapped under 100 tonnes of corn."
The search and rescue operations started at around 6 pm on Monday and went on till 11 am Tuesday.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
