Bengaluru likely to experience internet outages; Everything you need to know
Might impact tech companies, WFH employees
Bengaluru: Bengaluru, often hailed as India's tech capital, faces the looming possibility of an internet blackout that could significantly impact both work-from-home employees and the operations of tech firms in the region.
The reason behind this potential disruption is the decision taken by the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) to remove all unauthorised optical fibre cables (OFCs), data cables, and dish cables that have been laid on electrical poles across the city.
This move comes in the wake of two incidents where pedestrians were injured due to electric poles collapsing under the weight of dangling OFCs. The first incident occurred on August 22 in Sadduguntepalya near Koramangala, resulting in serious injuries to a 21-year-old college student who suffered significant burns. The second incident happened on August 19 in Devarabisanahalli near Bellandur, where a 23-year-old pedestrian was injured by a falling pole.
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In response, Bescom has announced its decision to remove all unauthorised cables within a week's time. The company emphasized that if OFC and dish cable operators fail to comply within this timeframe, Bescom will take the matter into its own hands and proceed with removal, while also filing cases against the concerned operators.
While the move is aimed at ensuring public safety and preventing such accidents in the future, it has raised concerns about potential internet disruptions in the tech hub. Residents in various areas, including Sarjapur Road, Carmelaram, and HSR Layout, have reported internet outages in recent days due to the removal of unauthorised cables.
This situation echoes past instances in 2019 when similar removals by the Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) led to internet outages in areas like Outer Ring Road, Sarjapur Road, Whitefield, Marathahalli, Bellandur, and Sarjapur. Such actions without prior intimation to telecom and internet service providers prompted the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) to raise concerns about potential outages and user inconvenience.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
