COVID-19 cases breach 3 lakh mark in Karnataka; death toll crosses 5k
Bengaluru: COVID-19 infections breached the three lakh mark in Karnataka, while the death toll crossed 5,000 as the state on Wednesday reported 8,580 new cases and 133 fatalities, the health department said.
The day also saw 7,249 patients getting discharged after recovery
Bengaluru Urban accounted for the maximum numbers in fresh cases with 3,284.
As of August 26 evening, cumulatively 3,00,406 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 5,091 deaths and 2,11,688 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
Out of 83,608 active cases, 82,848 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 760 are in Intensive Care Units.
Thirty one out of 133 deaths reported on Wednesday were from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (20), Dakshina Kannada (11), Dharwad (8), Ballari (7), Koppal (6), Bagalkote, Belagavi and Davangere (5 each), Hassan (4), Kolar, Tumakuru and Vijayapura (3 each).
Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Chamarajanagara, Chikkaballapura, Gadag, Havri, Mandya, Raichur and Yadgir reported two cases each and Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Udupi and Uttara Kannada one each.
Most of the deceased either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 3,284, Mysuru 951, Ballari 510, Dakshina Kannada 314, Belagavi 289, Dharwad 255, Udupi 251, Davangere 233, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district topped the list of positive cases, with 1,15,371 infections, followed by Ballari 19,046 and Mysuru 14,880.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban was on top with total 77,531 discharges, followed by Ballari 13,264 and Mysuru 10,656.
A total of 25,80,621 samples were tested so far, out of which 67,066 were tested on Wednesday alone. Among the samples tested today 25,886 were Rapid Antigen Tests.
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Bengaluru: Professor booked after proposing to student; thrashed on campus
Bengaluru (PTI): A professor at a medical college near here was allegedly thrashed by students after he proposed to a female student in a classroom, with videos of the incident going viral on social media, police said on Thursday.
He has been booked on charges of sexual harassment, they said.
The incident, which occurred on March 23 at a medical college in Nelamangala taluk on the outskirts of Bengaluru, came to light after videos of the proposal surfaced online, police said.
The clips, which have since gone viral, drew sharp criticism.
In one of the videos, the accused professor is heard proposing to the student, claiming that she had confessed her "feelings" to him. The student denied the claim and objected to his proposal.
The situation later escalated on campus, with videos showing the agitated student confronting the professor. She was seen hitting him with slippers, while other students joined in, allegedly assaulting and abusing him.
Based on a complaint filed by the college principal on Thursday, a case has been registered at the Nelamangala Rural Police Station against the accused under Sections 74 (assault or criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75(1) (sexual harassment), and 329(3) (criminal trespass) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a senior police officer said.
According to the FIR, the complainant stated that the accused, an assistant professor in the Microbiology Department, had been behaving inappropriately on the college premises and sexually harassing female students.
Students had earlier submitted complaints seeking protection, following which the college issued a notice to the professor, directing him to appear for an inquiry and restraining him from entering the campus during the process, it said.
However, on March 23, the accused allegedly entered the college premises in violation of the directive and forcibly held the hand of a female student, behaving in an obscene and inappropriate manner, the FIR stated.
The incident caused distress among students and disrupted the academic atmosphere at the college, it added.
The complaint further alleged that despite being barred from entering the campus, the accused trespassed into the premises, misbehaved with the student, and harassed others as well, police added.
