Naragunda: In an incident that reportedly occurred on Monday night, two youngsters, who were returning home after closing their hotel for the day were fatally attacked by a gang of Sangh Parivar members’ wielding sharp, lethal weapons resulting in the death of one youth at Naragunda Taluk in Gadag district. Another youngster was grievously injured in the attack, it is learned.

The deceased youngster has been identified as Sameer Shahapura (19), a resident of Naragunda. The injured youngster identified as Shamsheer was reportedly admitted to a hospital in Hubli, police informed.

Reportedly, Sameer who was working in a hotel in Naragunda had closed shop on Monday night and gave a ride to his friend Shamsheer, who owned a studio shop nearby. The duo was on their bike returning home when a gang of 10-15 Sangh Parivar members apprehended them near Naragunda state bank where they had been waiting with lethal weapons, and started fatally attacking the youngsters, it is learned.

Both the youngsters who were critically injured in the attack were taken to the nearby hospital by the locals. For further treatment, they were shifted to the hospital in Hubli, where Sameer breathed his last on Tuesday morning after the treatments proved to be ineffective. It is learned that Shamsheer is in critical condition at the hospital.

The family of the victims has submitted a complaint accusing Sangh Parivar activists Mallikarjuna Heerematta, Kumar, and several others of having carried out the fatal assault. The complaint has been registered in this regard at the Naragunda police station.

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New Delhi (PTI): Nine people, including women and a minor girl, were hospitalised after suffering breathing-difficulties when a fire broke out in a four-storey residential building in Delhi's Shahdara area on Sunday, officials said.

According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call regarding the blaze at D-45 in Mansarover Park was received at 12.03 am.

Three fire tenders and a water bowser were rushed to the spot. The fire had erupted in domestic articles kept in the parking area on the ground floor of the building, a senior fire official said.

During the rescue operation, DFS personnel evacuated nine people trapped on different floors of the building and shifted them to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital after they complained of breathing difficulties caused by smoke inhalation.

The injured were identified as Vanshika (20), Tanishka Soni (19), Durgesh (49), Yogesh Verma (50), Raj Rani (65), Arun Garg (48), Ananya (12), Renu Garg (19), and Prateek Garg (19).

Officials said all the rescued persons were admitted to GTB Hospital and kept under observation.

The fire was later brought under control, officials said, adding that the exact cause the blaze is yet to be ascertained.