Bengaluru: Houses of more than 40 rowdies raided
Rs 2 lakh worth banned notes, currency counting machine found
Bengaluru, September 27: CCB police conducted raids on the houses of 40 rowdies on Thursday and recovered Rs 2 lakh worth banned notes, two currency counting machines, pistol and three cars.
The police summoned more than 40 rowdies including JCB Narayana, Tanvir, Doodhravi, Robrigiri, Mummi and others to police station and warned them against indulging in rowdy activities as a step to contain rowdies in the city.
Police found six cobra stratine and a fake pistol at rowdy Dadiya Mahesh house. The police also warned his wife rowdy Yashaswini who recently joined Sri Rama Sene, said Additional Commissioner Alok Kumar.
Speaking reporters, he said that total 11 teams of CCB police formed to curb rowdy elements in the city conducted raids on the houses of the rowdies simultaneously. At this time, the teams have also checked about criminal cases, real estate business and other illegal activities. CCB DCP Girish led the raids on the houses of the rowdies. Apart from houses, clubs, recreational clubs, gambling DeNA and cricket betting would also be raided, he warned.
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Odisha hospital fire toll rises to 12 as 2 more succumb to burn injuries
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack (Odisha) (PTI): The toll in the devastating fire at government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital here climbed to 12 after two more patients succumbed to their burn injuries on Tuesday.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling informed the assembly that a total of 12 people died in the fire incident that took place at the trauma care ICU of the hospital early on Monday.
Terming it a "very sad accident", the minister said, "As soon as the fire broke out, the hospital staffers worked on a war footing to immediately shift 23 patients from the first floor ICU and adjacent wards of the trauma care centre. All of them were shifted to other ICUs and wards."
Seven patients of the trauma care centre died due to their critical condition while five other critically ill patients died while undergoing treatment in other wards and ICUs.
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Eleven medical staffers engaged in the rescue of the patients were also injured in the fire. The injured staff members are undergoing treatment and their lives are out of danger, he said.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Naveen Patnaik, visited the hospital on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also taken stock of the situation.
The state government has constituted a judicial panel to probe the incident, and also formed a fact-finding team headed by Development Commissioner D K Singh that visited the hospital. The team will submit a report to the chief secretary.
The blaze had erupted around 2.48 am on the first floor and is suspected to have been triggered by an electrical short circuit.
SCB Medical College and Hospital is the state's premier health facility, with nearly 2,700 beds and it serves thousands daily.
