Bengaluru:  Hens at a chicken  stall in Bengaluru  have contracted Bird Flu. Even the NIHSD  Laboratory has confirmed H5N1 virus in the dead hens causing  some amount of panic among members of the general public.

Several  hens had died at a   chicken stall  at Dasarahalli in Yelahanka   in Bengaluru on December 25. Samples of these birds were then  sent to the  Bhopal NIHSD lab which has now confirmed the virus strain.

 A team of officials immediately visited the chicken stall  and also  ordered shutting down of nearby chicken stalls as a precautionary measure.

Meanwhile, the area in the one km radius of the Dasarahalli Bhuvaneshwari Nagar has been declared  an infected area while  the area within the radius of one to 10 kms has  been kept on alert.

BBMP Health officials have said that there was no need for panic as things were under control.

Precautionary measure : As  a precautionary measure  general public should not consume  chicken  which is not  boiled at a temperature above  70 degree Celsius. Even half baked chicken or eggs should not be consumed.

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Gangtok: Police have arrested eight people, including four minors and a woman in Gyalshing district on Sunday, for involvement in a case of sexual harassment and also rape of a 13-year-old girl.

A case was filed and eight people were arrested after the Child Welfare Committee gave a complaint to the police on Friday regarding the matter. Police have registered the case under various sections of the BNS and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Police officers have said that the Committee was informed by the girl’s school about her situation. The girl revealed during counseling that a woman in her locality had been asking her for help in domestic work. She also informed the police that the woman had forced her to have sex with her husband as well as two other men in exchange for money. Additionally the victim told the counselor that four boys had sexually assaulted her over the last one year.

Police have arrested the woman, her husband and the two men and also taken the four minors into custody based on the statement of the girl.

It is learned that the girl is receiving counseling and medical treatment under the care of the Child Welfare Committee.

Further investigation is underway.