Chincholi-based doctor dies under suspicious circumstances in Australia
Kalaburagi: The death of a medical specialist and a native of Chimmanachoda village in Chincholi taluk, Dr. Rahul Chandraprakash Ragate (30), under mysterious circumstances near a bridge in Gold Coast city of Australia on Thursday morning has come late to light.
The deceased Dr. Ragate was reportedly the son of Dr. Chandraprakash Ragate, a retired district surgeon from Bidar district, and Vijayashree.
On Thursday morning, Dr. Ragate is learned to have gone for a swim near the bridge. The passersby, however, noticed that he did not resurface for a considerably long time and, turning suspicious, informed the Queensland Police. The doctor's body was found after a search conducted by the investigation team.
The doctor's friend Shivakumar Chetty has said that Dr. Ragate had been registrar at the University of Birmingham, UK, before shifting to Australia. He has been working in Gold Coast since June 1 and had gone for a walk on Thursday morning near the site where he reportedly drowned, which has given rise to suspicion regarding the cause for his death. A police investigation would reveal the truth, Chetty has added.
Former Union Minister Bhagwanth Khoona has reportedly spoken to the Indian Embassy in Australia asking for necessary steps to be taken to send Dr. Ragate's body back to India.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
