Woman who had come to see Jog Falls with husband dies after falling into river, murder suspected
Sagar: In an incident reported from Kargal in Sagar Taluk, a 24-year-old girl died after her she slipped and fell into the Sharavati River here on Monday.
The deceased woman has been identified as Nisha (24), a resident of Hosakote in Bengaluru. Nisha had reportedly come to Sagar as a tourist to see Jog Falls with her husband Nagesh.
Nagesh, reports added is a manager in an automobile company in Kolar. Initial investigation has revealed that Nagesh had not booked any hotel room for their stay and said they were staying in the car.
Nisha slipped and fell into the river about five kilometers away from Jog when they stopped to get fresh by the riverside. Nagesh rushed his wife to a hospital immediately after rescuing her from the river with the help of locals but she could not be saved.
In the police complaint filed by Nisha’s uncle, he suspected it to be murder rather than an accidental death and has sought a thorough investigation into the matter.
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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse accused brought to Mumbai, to be produced in court
Mumbai (PTI): Bhavesh Bhinde, an advertising firm’s director, whose company had put up the giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai killing 16 people, was brought to the city early on Friday, a police official said.
Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar on Monday evening, was apprehended from Udaipur in Rajasthan on Thursday, he said.
Bhinde was then taken to Ahmedabad and from there he was brought to Mumbai by flight, the official said.
The police team along with Bhinde arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around 5 am and he was taken to a crime branch office, he said.
He will be produced before the court later in the day, he said.
After trailing Bhinde for three days, the city police nabbed him on Thursday from Udaipur, he said.
The 120 feet x 120 feet hoarding collapsed onto a nearby petrol pump in the Chhedanagar area in Ghatkopar during gusty winds and heavy unseasonal rains, killing 16 people and injuring 75 others.
After the tragedy, a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the IPC was registered at the Pant Nagar Police Station against Bhinde, all directors of the advertising agency Ego Media, its officials and employees, officials had said earlier.
