K’taka: Watching misleading video on internet parents keep bodies of kids in salt to revive them
Video falsely claims drowned persons can be revived by covering them in salt
Haveri: In a tragic incident near Kaginele, Haveri district, desperate villagers attempted to revive two children who had drowned in a water pit by covering their bodies in a heap of salt.
The victims, identified as Hemanth (12) and Nagaraj (11), had gone for a swim near a village lake when the incident occurred on December 24.
When some villagers discovered the clothes of the children on the banks of the lake, they initiated a search and found both kids drowned. In a misguided attempt to save them, a few villagers suggested placing the bodies in salt, citing a fake viral video circulating on the internet. The video falsely claims that a drowned person can be revived by covering them in salt.
Despite efforts by the police to explain the futility of the salt treatment, the parents and villagers clung to hope for five hours. The police, recognizing the need for intervention, finally convinced the parents to conduct the final rites of the children.
This incident echoes a similar case reported in Ballari district in 2022.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
