BJP leader Manikanth Rathod, his friend attacked by unidentified men near NH in Chittapur
Kalaburagi: BJP leader Manikanth Rathod and his friend Shrikanth Sulegaon were assaulted with beer bottles by unidentified persons at around midnight on Saturday near the Shankarwadi Cross on the National Highway 150 at Malagatti in Chittapur taluk.
Rathod and Sulegaon were traveling from the BJP leader's farm house by the national highway to Kalaburagi late Saturday night, when the duo was attacked with liquor bottles. Rathod was seriously injured in the attack, and is being treated at a local private hospital. Sulegaon, who sustained minor injuries, is reportedly out of danger.
The identity of the miscreants who attacked Rathod and Sulegaon and the reason for the act are yet to be ascertained. The local police are investigating the matter.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
