Nov 3: 254 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Nov 3: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 254 fresh cases and two deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 29,89,014 and 38,091, the department said.
The day also saw 316 people being discharged, pushing the total number of recoveries to 29,42,588. Active cases stood at 8,306, a health department bulletin said.
Bengaluru urban district reported the maximum of 151 fresh infections and one death. The district has 6,401 active cases.
Other districts too reported fresh cases including 19 in Mysuru, 12 each in Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada and 11 each in Tumakuru and Udupi.
While 13 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities, 11 districts had cases in single digits.
Apart from Bengaluru, one death occurred in Uttara Kannada district.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.33 per cent and the case fatality rate was 0.78 per cent.
A total of 76,420 samples were tested including 56,526 RT-PCR tests today, taking the number of specimens examined so far to 5.11 crore.
The number of vaccinations done so far in the state rose to 6.57 crore, with 55,058 people being inoculated on Wednesday.
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6 held for murder of Congress leader in Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here.
Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry.
The main accused, Vijay Kumar and Lucky, were apprehended in Jamalpura village in Munger district, Bihar, by a special team dispatched there, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects aimed to illegally occupy a piece of panchayat land in the Machiwara area, but Tiwari opposed their plans. The accused allegedly visited Tiwari at his rented quarters on March 29 and attacked him with an axe, resulting in his immediate death, officials said.
The other four individuals arrested are relatives of the main accused and were aware of the murder plot, the DCP added.
Police have recovered the axe used in the crime, as well as the motorcycle the accused used to flee the scene.
