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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
