Bengaluru: Police negligence sparks outrage after delayed response to accident victim
Bengaluru: Outrage has erupted against the police after an incident on the night of June 15, where officers in a Hoysala patrol vehicle failed to immediately admit an accident victim to the hospital. The incident occurred on Triveni Road under Yeshwanthpur Police Station.
According to reports, the police arrived at the scene where a rider was seriously injured and bleeding from the ear, caught between life and death. Despite the gravity of the situation, the Hoysala personnel waited for an ambulance instead of transporting the victim to the hospital in their vehicle.
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Eyewitnesses criticized the police for standing by as silent spectators and not using their patrol car to help the injured man. Eventually, a private individual transported the victim to the hospital in their car, where he received medical treatment.
A case has been registered at the Yeswantpur traffic station, and an investigation is underway by senior officials into the conduct of the negligent police personnel.
Netizens expressed their outrage on social media, sharing videos of the incident and condemning the police department's inaction.
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2 children killed in bomb attack in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Two children were killed and their mother was injured in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Tuesday, triggering protests by locals, police said.
The incident occurred at around 1 am when a bomb was hurled by suspected militants at a house in Moirang Tronglaobi area, killing a 5-year-old boy and a six-month-old girl, a senior officer said.
The two children and their mother were sleeping in their bedroom when the bomb exploded in the house, he said.
Locals staged a protest this morning and torched two oil tankers and a truck near a petrol pump in the area. They burnt tyres in front of the Moirang Police Station and destroyed a makeshift police outpost.
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Security forces have been deployed in the area to control the situation, the officer said.
Low-lying Moirang Tronglaobi is located close to hill areas of Churachandpur and witnessed consistent gun firing during the ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups in 2023 and 2024.
An explosive device was also recovered in a nearby area of Tronglaobi on Tuesday, another senior officer said.
Local NPP MLA Th Shanti Singh condemned the "brutal attack at Tronglaobi, allegedly carried out by Kuki narco-terrorists".
"This heinous act is nothing less than an act of terrorism. Such inhuman acts have no place in our society and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms," he said.
"I offer my heartfelt tributes to the innocent lives lost - a 5-year-old boy and a 5-month-old baby girl - taken away in such a cold-blooded manner. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved family during this unimaginable time of grief," the MLA said.
More than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023.
