Youth tries to commit suicide by plunging on metro track in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 11: A youth tried to commit suicide by jumping on the Namma Metro rails in the city on Friday. The incident happened at the Metro Station near Basavanagudi National College and the youth has been identified as Venu (25) and he is working as a tailor.
On Friday at 11am, the Metro train was on its track from Lalbagh to Majestic. When the train slows down for stoppage near National College Metro Station, Venu suddenly plunged on to the tracks. Though the locomotive pilots applied the brakes, the train moved some distance. Suddenly, as a precautionary measure, the train staff disconnected the power connectivity and pushed the train back to protect him. Since he sustained head injuries, he was admitted to NIMHANS, police said.
When VV Puram police observed the CCTV footage, it was found that the youth noticed the train on tracks and jumped from the platform to commit suicide. A case was registered and being investigated.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
