Bengaluru: Two labourers working at a pipeline site in Bengaluru died after heavy rains took over the city on Tuesday evening. The incident took place under the jurisdiction of Jnanabharati Police Station at the Ullal Uppa Nagar's Upakar Layout here in the city.

The deceased labourers have been identified as Dev Bharat, and Ankit Kumar, residents of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh respectively.

Another labourer who was working at the site along with Ankit and Dev, has been hospitalized after the incident. He has been identified as Trilok.

Local police who reached spot after the incident managed to pull out the bodies from water-filled cavities. 

The police also picked up two contractors for questioning with several people calling the incident an act of negligence from the contractors.

Among other parts of the city, the rain wreck havoc with as many as 200 houses were inundated with water in low-lying areas like Kamala Nagar, Nandini Suburbs, and Kanreerava Nagar.

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Kalaburagi: Members of the Kalyana Karnataka Pratyeka Rajya Horata Samiti, who staged a protest in the city on Friday morning demanding a separate state, were taken into custody by the police.

The members of the committee, led by President MS Patil Naribola, protested at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Circle in the city. The office-bearers hoisted a red flag as a part of the protest and shouted a slogan stating their demand for a new state named ‘Kalyana Karnataka’.

The city police intervened and took into custody Naribola and Laxmikanth Sadhvi, among other leaders of the movement.

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