ITBP jawan shoots dead 5 colleagues in Chhattisgarh, kills self
Raipur: An ITBP soldier allegedly opened fire at his colleagues in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday, killing five personnel and injuring two before killing himself in a suspected case of fratricide, police said. The incident took place around 8.30 am in a camp of the ITBP’s 45th battalion in Kadenar village, around 350 km from Raipur, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI. “An ITBP constable, identified as Masudul Rahman, opened fire from his service weapon, killing four troopers at the spot and injuring three other jawans, after some unknown dispute among them,” he said. Rahman killed his colleagues and then shot himself dead. He was not shot by other troops, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said in New Delhi. One of the injured personnel succumbed to his injuries later, the Bastar range inspector general of police said. “It was not yet clear whether Rahman killed himself or died in retaliation by his colleagues. Weapons of the killed jawans will be checked to ascertain whether they had retaliated or not,” the IG said, adding that further details of the incident were awaited. The two injured soldiers were airlifted and admitted to a private hospital in Raipur for treatment, he added. (PTI)
UP cop scolds hotel manager over women employees’ safety
Hardoi: Superintendent of Police Alok Priyadarshi was on a night patrol in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district when he saw a woman walking alone on the road. The police official stopped the woman and learnt that she worked in a hotel and was returning home after night duty. The police officer took the girl in his jeep and went back to the hotel where he pulled up the manager for being so indifferent to women safety. He asked the manager who would be responsible if something untoward happened to the women. He said it was the duty of the hotel to ensure the safety of its women employees. A video of the incident has also surfaced online, wherein the policeman could be seen scolding the hotel’s manager for not providing drop facility to the woman at night. The officer convened a meeting of all establishments where women work in night duties the following day but before he could do so, he received his transfer orders. Priyadarshi has been transferred to Ambedkar Nagar in the same capacity. (IANS)
India saw 28 pc reduction in malaria cases last year: WHO
New Delhi: Of the 11 countries with the worlds highest malaria burdens, India was one of only two countries to reduce malaria cases between 2017 and 2018, achieving a 28 per cent reduction in such cases, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. While India had 2.6 million fewer malaria cases in 2018, Uganda had 1.5 million fewer cases last year, compared to the previous year, said the report titled “World Malaria Report 2019”.This success builds on India’s 24 per cent reduction in malaria cases between 2016 and 2017 reported last year by the WHO. However, the research also revealed that 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India carried almost 85 per cent of the global malaria burden. According to the report, India’s progress means the country no longer has the world’s fourth highest malaria burden, though it still is the only non-African country among the top 11 countries with the most malaria globally. (IANS)
