Bengaluru: Scooterist injured by tree branch dies
Bengaluru, Jun 19 (PTI): The 29-year-old HR executive who slipped into a coma after a tree branch fell on his head while riding his scooter near Brahma Chaitanya Temple in Hanumanthnagar, in the city, died on Thursday, said police officials.
Akshay Shivaram was admitted to a private hospital in Jayanagar after he sustained severe injuries to his brain and skull on June 15.
Jaya Nagar police confirmed his death. "We were informed of the death at about 1 pm," said an official.
A dry tree branch fell on Shivaram's head on that fateful day, causing him to lose control of his two-wheeler and crash into a parked car. Shivaram was not wearing a helmet when the accident happened.
According to the doctors treating him, Shivaram had suffered 12 injuries to the head.
Shivaram's brother Benkaraj has filed a complaint against Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Forest Department alleging negligence on their part as the dead tree branch was not pruned by them despite repeated complaints by the locals and the temple authorities, said Hanumanthnagar Police.
"We have registered an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 105, which deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder," said a Hanumanthnagar police official.
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J&K: One dead, seven hospitalised after consuming wild vegetable in Rajouri
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): One person died while seven others, mostly children, were hospitalised after allegedly consuming a wild vegetable in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Saturday.
The incident was reported from Mohra village in the Kotranka subdivision, where members of two families consumed a wild vegetable following which they started showing symptoms of food poisoning on Friday evening, they said.
The affected persons were initially shifted to the Community Health Centre in Kandi and later referred to the Government Medical College Hospital Rajouri for specialised treatment.
Officials said an elderly man, identified as Mohammad Hussain (60), died during treatment, while seven other members of the two families are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
“Prima facie, it is a case of food poisoning, but the matter is still under investigation,” a doctor said.
Officials said an investigation into the incident has been initiated to determine the exact cause of the poisoning.
