Bengaluru: EV showroom owner arrested after fire kills woman
Bengaluru, Nov 20: The owner of an electric vehicle showroom in Rajajinagar was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fire that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman.
Police identified the accused as 36-year-old Punith Gowda.
The fire occurred at Gowda's showroom on Tuesday evening.
He was arrested under Section 106 (death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. After being produced in court, Gowda was granted conditional bail, police said.
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According to the police, five to six people were present inside the showroom when the fire broke out. All of them managed to escape, except for Priya, the cashier, who got trapped. She died from asphyxiation and severe burn injuries.
The fire destroyed over 45 electric scooters.
Priya's charred body was recovered and later handed over to her family after post-mortem, police added.
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Olympic hockey bronze medallist and sports icon Dr Vece Paes passes away
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Kolkata (PTI): Dr. Vece Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian hockey team and father of legendary tennis player Leander Paes, died here on Thursday morning. He was 80 years old.
Paes, who was suffering from advanced stage of Parkinson's disease, was admitted to a city hospital on Tuesday morning.
Paes, who donned multiple hats in his long association with Indian sports, was a midfielder in the Indian hockey team. He also played several sports such as football, cricket and rugby and served as the president of the Indian Rugby Football Union from 1996 to 2002.
A sports medicine doctor, he worked as a medical consultant with several sports bodies including the Asian Cricket Council, the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Indian Davis Cup team.
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