Turuvekere: Dalit youth assaulted by gang
Tumkur, Aug 02: A gang brutally assaulted a Dalit youth at Mayasandra in Turuvekere taluk here on last night.
The victim has been identified as Sachin (30). The youth was attacked while he was returning home by car on Wednesday night. Four assailants approached him on bike and intercepted his car on the pretext of asking an address. They then pulled Sachin out of the four-wheeler and assaulted him. They left the injured Sachin and escaped when a KSRTC bus came on that road.
Seriously injured Sachin has been admitted to a government hospital in Turuvekere. A case has been registered at Turuvekere police station regarding the incident.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
