Death toll in Yadgiri cylinder leak, fire tragedy rises to eleven
Yadgiri: Of the 20 people who sustained severe injuries in a fire incident induced by a cylinder leak earlier this week, eleven people have succumbed to the injury as of Friday afternoon.
The incident took place in Shahapur Taluk of Yadgir district. The injured were immediately taken to the nearest government hospital in the Taluk and were later moved to Kalburgi district hospital for further treatment.
Sanganagouda Lakashetty (55) is identified to be one among the deceased and has been reported to have died on Thursday here at a Solapur hospital.
Sources say that two have been booked on grounds of distributing cylinders with poisonous gases. The police are further investigating the case while the families of the victim have pressed for a judicial enquiry in the case.
Currently, the case is being investigated by Shahpur police and complaints have been registered against Vijay Gas Agency and Indane Gas Distributers under Sections 285, 337, 338, 304 A IPC.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
