Madikeri: Rs 8,000 demanded for funeral rites of two landslip victims
Video goes viral
Bengaluru, Aug 11: Adding insult to injury, people managing a crematorium in flood-ravaged Kodagu district allegedly demanded Rs 8,000 from a family for the cremation of their two daughters killed in a landslip on Saturday.
A video surfaced on Sunday in which the family members were seen weeping at the alleged insensitivity of the crematorium managers for demanding Rs 8,000 for the final rites of Mamata and Nikita.
"We have lost everything, including my daughters, house and property. Now, they (crematorium managers) are demanding Rs 8,000. From where will we bring the money? We somehow managed to save our lives by running away from there.
We lost everything. We are presently staying in the relief camp. How will we get Rs 8,000?" a woman is heard crying in the video.
Another member of the family said they were not allowed to enter the crematorium without money.
"We broke open the gate lock and brought the bodies in. Is such behaviour justified?" the woman crying incessantly asked the authorities in the video.
The person who shot the video appealed to Simha and the Virajpet BJP MLA K G Bopaiah to answer to this insensitivity.
As the matter came to the notice of the authorities, an FIR was registered against those managing the crematorium, tweeted the Mysore-Kodagu BJP MP Pratap Simha.
Posting the video on his Twitter handle, Simha tweeted, "This video has gone viral. However, the last rites were performed at 3 pm. This morning, a cheque for Rs 10 lakh has been given to the family of Mamata and Nikita. No one had brought the matter of demanding money to the notice. After learning about it, an FIR was registered."
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Three-year-old girl killed in Bengaluru after being run over by container truck
Bengaluru: A three-year-old girl was killed after being run over by a container truck in Hanumanthegowdanapalya village of Madanayakanahalli on Saturday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Nishchitha L N Gowda (3 years and 6 months), daughter of Lakshminarayana, a resident of Hanumanthegowdanapalya.
According to police, the incident occurred between 11:15 am and 11:30 am when the child was walking towards a nearby Muneshwara temple with her mother Lavanya and her 11-month-old brother Diganth. The mother was carrying the infant while holding Nishchitha’s hand as they walked along the edge of the road.
Police said a container truck (registration number MH-04-HY-2203), allegedly driven rashly and negligently, struck the child from behind. The impact caused Nishchitha to fall, and the vehicle’s wheels ran over her head, resulting in instant death due to severe cranial injuries.
The driver reportedly did not notice the pedestrians walking on the side of the road.
Following the accident, Madanayakanahalli police have registered a case against the truck driver under Section 281 (rash driving) and Section 106(1) (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Further investigation is underway.
