Bengaluru: A huge traffic jam on Bengaluru-Tumkuru NH-4 as timber logs fell off a truck and scattered on the road near Makali in Nelamangala today morning.

Vehicles have been lined up for around eight kilometers.

The incident took place around 4 am today. The wooden logs that were transported in a lorry were accidentally fallen on the road, causing the traffic jam. Hundreds of traffic drivers are suffering as the service roads here are also in a narrow state.

The concerned authorities have visited the spot and launched the road clearance operation.




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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22). 

The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.

During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.

Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.