House owner, relative sleeping in newly built house dies mysteriously, one critical
Leakage of poisonous gas from generator suspected
Chikmagaluru, February 11: Two persons including the house owner who were sleeping in the newly constructed house, died while another is reported to be serious, due to suspected gas leakage in the house at Hariharadalli village near the city on Monday morning.
The police suspected that they might be suffocated to death as all windows and doors were closed or died due to electric short circuit. The victims have been identified as Shivakumar (35) and Bharath (20) of Hariharadahalli. The condition of another person Sachin is said to be critical and he was rushed to Bengaluru for more treatment.
Shivakumar had constructed a house at Hariharadahalli recently. Its house warming program was supposed to be held on February 15. After completing remaining works, Shivakumar, along with his nephew Bharath and relative Sachin slept in their new house on February 10. As there was power interruption, they switched on the generator and slept after closing all windows and doors, it is said.
On Monday morning, Shivakumar’s wife went to the house, upon receiving no response after knocking the door, she called Shivakumar’s brother and broke open the door to find her husband and Bharat dead, while Sahin was rolling on the floor. All the three were rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared Shivkumar and Bharat dead. After providing first aid, Sachin was rushed to Bengaluru.
The reason for the death however was not yet ascertained, Chikmagaluru rural police who registered a case suspected that they might have died either due to short circuit or poisonous smoke from the generator. Postmortem was conducted on both the bodies and the police are waiting for the report to ascertain the reason for the death.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
