JOIN USA plumber who tried to fix a defective water pipe on the terrace of a house at Kempegowda Colony in Ganga Nagar accidentally fell to his death on Thursday morning.
Narayana Swamy, 45, a resident of Lakshmi Devamma Block nearby, had been earlier working as a construction labourer.
On Thursday, Subhash, a resident of the colony, had called him to fix a defective water pipe on the terrace of his house. Swamy turned up heavily drunk and while climbing a ladder, he lost his balance and fell down. He sustained severe head injuries and was rushed to a nearby private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
Fire at hospital basement
A minor fire broke out in the basement of Manipal Hospital, located on Old Airport Road, on Thursday afternoon.
The fire was first spotted at 1:45 pm where UPS batteries were stacked. The fire department got a call at 1:56 pm and soon two fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire doused before it could spread.
It is learnt there were 130 UPS batteries of which 60 caught fire.
Manipal Hospital Head C G Muthanna, in a statement said: “A battery burn generated smoke in the basement (-2 floor) of the hospital. It was detected and contained immediately.”
Cash stolen from car
Miscreants smashed a car’s windshield parked on Modi Hospital Road in Basaveshwaranagar and decamped with a bag containing Rs 4.5 lakh in cash on Thursday.
According to police sources, Dayanand, a civil contractor, had carried the money to make payment. Having parked his car at the Modi Hospital junction, he had visited a nearby hotel for a cup of coffee. Police suspect that it was the handiwork of persons known to Dayanand or those who kept a close watch on him.
Ganja peddlers arrested
Police have arrested three men from Odisha who were selling ganja to college students in the City.
Acting on a tip-off, Subramanyapura police recently raided a house in Doddagowdana Palya and arrested Pramod Kumar Biswal, 23, Peetambara Rao, 43, and Sanjay Raut, 25, all natives of Biriha village in Balasur district, Odisha.
Police also seized half kg ganja from them.Sources said three were working as cooks at houses where students from outside the State were staying.
They smuggled ganja from their village and sold them to students at exorbitant rates, police said.