Rescue team gets out body of worker trapped under debris of Maharani’s Science College old building
Mysuru: The body of a worker trapped under the debris of a part of the old building at the Maharani’s Science College for Women in the city was taken out post-midnight on Wednesday, with the rescue team putting in nine hours of effort searching for the worker.
The deceased worker is identified as Saddam (32), a resident of Ajeejsait Nagar in Mysuru.
The College is situated on Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Road and the authorities are getting the 108-year-old building renovated at a cost of Rs 54 crore. The structure, which was weakening, collapsed on Tuesday evening amidst its restoration work.
More than 100 personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services department, the Police Department, the Mysore City Corporation, and members of the NGO Humanitarian Relief Society joined to clear the debris and rescue the worker.
The body is learned to have been sighted at around 1.45 am on Wednesday and taken out by the team at around 2 am. The body was sent to the mortuary of the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute for the post-mortem examination, a rescue team member has said.
Saddam’s wife Aisha, 7-year-old and 2-year-old daughters, siblings and other relatives waited near the site throughout the search operation hoping that he would stay alive, but were distraught by the news.
In addition, local MLA K Harish Gowda, Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikanth Reddy and City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar were present near the building site through the operation.
Thirteen workers were reportedly working on the first floor of the building. While only three of them were still working on the floor at the time of the mishap, two are known to have exited on hearing a strange noise but Saddam got stuck inside during the collapse, sources have said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
