Kottayam: Four surgeons killed as car falls into pit

Kottayam: Four surgeons of Kottayam Medical College were killed after the car they were travelling fell into a 1200-feet-deep pit near Vagamon. Two people seriously injured are undergoing treatment at Kottayam medical college. The deceased have been identified as Joseph George, Aneesh, Anto and Ratheesh. Those admitted in Kottayam medical college are Alphons and Vishnu Dayal.

The tragedy happened by 11 pm tuesday. The accident occured at Koottikal-Elankaad road, 3 km away from kolahalamedu. Local people says that due to bad wether and depleted condition of the road the driver might have lost control of the car. As a result the car plunged into the pit. People who heard the sound of the accident rushed to the site. But heavy fog was a major hinderance for rescue operations. First body was recoverd by 1 am.

The bodies where recovered after hours of serch by local people police and fire and resque force.

There were six people in the Swift Dzire car who were travelling from Kottayam to Vagamon. They had left Kottayam by 3 pm on Tuesday.

Body of the deceased have been handed over to relatives after postmortem.

Kottayam: Four surgeons killed as car falls into pit

Kottayam: Four surgeons of Kottayam Medical College were killed after the car they were travelling fell into a 1200-feet-deep pit near Vagamon. Two people seriously injured are undergoing treatment at Kottayam medical college. The deceased have been identified as Joseph George, Aneesh, Anto and Ratheesh. Those admitted in Kottayam medical college are Alphons and Vishnu Dayal.

The tragedy happened by 11 pm tuesday. The accident occured at Koottikal-Elankaad road, 3 km away from kolahalamedu. Local people says that due to bad wether and depleted condition of the road the driver might have lost control of the car. As a result the car plunged into the pit. People who heard the sound of the accident rushed to the site. But heavy fog was a major hinderance for rescue operations. First body was recoverd by 1 am.

The bodies where recovered after hours of serch by local people police and fire and resque force.

There were six people in the Swift Dzire car who were travelling from Kottayam to Vagamon. They had left Kottayam by 3 pm on Tuesday.

Body of the deceased have been handed over to relatives after postmortem.

Four charred to death

Midnapore May 1 (PTI) Four members of a family,

including two children, were burnt to death and seven others
seriously injured when their house caught fire at Bagagara
village in West Midnapore district in the wee hours today.

Rahima Bibi (30), her one-year-old son, Mithu Ali (28)
and her 6-month-old baby were burnt to death when they were
sleeping in their thatched house.

Seven other family suffered serious burn injuries and
they were admitted to the Midnapore district hospital in a
critical condition.

Police said they were investigating a complaint of the
villagers that Taher Ali, son-in-law of the family, had set
the house on fire as he was not allowed to marry his wife
Rahima Bibi's sister.

Taher, who had come to the houses yesterday, has been
absconding since morning, police said.

Four charred to death

Midnapore May 1 (PTI) Four members of a family,

including two children, were burnt to death and seven others
seriously injured when their house caught fire at Bagagara
village in West Midnapore district in the wee hours today.

Rahima Bibi (30), her one-year-old son, Mithu Ali (28)
and her 6-month-old baby were burnt to death when they were
sleeping in their thatched house.

Seven other family suffered serious burn injuries and
they were admitted to the Midnapore district hospital in a
critical condition.

Police said they were investigating a complaint of the
villagers that Taher Ali, son-in-law of the family, had set
the house on fire as he was not allowed to marry his wife
Rahima Bibi's sister.

Taher, who had come to the houses yesterday, has been
absconding since morning, police said.

21 killed, 78 wounded in Iraq attacks

Baghdad : At least 21 people were killed and 78 injured in attacks across Iraq Monday, mostly in the Shiite provinces, an interior ministry source said.

Two people were killed and 12 wounded when a car bomb exploded in Karbala, some 110 km from Baghdad, the source told Xinhua.

Meanwhile, at least six people were killed and 14 wounded in another car bomb attack in the Shiite district of Mahmodiyah, 30 km from Baghdad, he added.

Earlier Monday, two cars bombs exploded in a market in Amarah, some 300 km from Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 30, the source said.

Another car bomb struck Diwaniyah, some 160 km southeast of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 20.

In the northern town of Yathrib, some 40 km from capital, two soldiers were killed and two wounded when unidentified gunmen attacked a check point of the Iraqi army.

21 killed, 78 wounded in Iraq attacks

Baghdad : At least 21 people were killed and 78 injured in attacks across Iraq Monday, mostly in the Shiite provinces, an interior ministry source said.

Two people were killed and 12 wounded when a car bomb exploded in Karbala, some 110 km from Baghdad, the source told Xinhua.

Meanwhile, at least six people were killed and 14 wounded in another car bomb attack in the Shiite district of Mahmodiyah, 30 km from Baghdad, he added.

Earlier Monday, two cars bombs exploded in a market in Amarah, some 300 km from Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 30, the source said.

Another car bomb struck Diwaniyah, some 160 km southeast of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 20.

In the northern town of Yathrib, some 40 km from capital, two soldiers were killed and two wounded when unidentified gunmen attacked a check point of the Iraqi army.

Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant

London: A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said.

In a ruling reported for the first time Monday, High Court judge Peter Jackson said the mother had behaved in 'a wicked and selfish way' that almost defied belief.

The judge said the woman, an American divorcee living in Britain with three adopted children, hatched the plan after she was prevented from adopting a fourth.

The scheme involved getting her oldest daughter to inseminate herself with syringes of sperm purchased over the Internet from a Denmark-based company, Cryos International.

Jackson said the daughter, identified only as A, 'became pregnant at the mother's request, using donor sperm bought by the mother, with the purpose of providing a fourth child for the mother to bring up as her own.'

In his ruling, the judge quoted the teenager as saying said she was shocked by the suggestion, but thought, 'If I do this ... maybe she will love me more.'

'My mum is a very determined person and she does her best not to let anything get in her way if she wants it,' the teenager added.

The judge said the mother also made the teenager use douches of vinegar or lemon and lime juice in hopes of increasing her chances of having a girl.

The judge said it was likely but not certain that the daughter soon became pregnant and suffered a miscarriage. After six more attempts with the donor sperm, she gave birth to a baby boy in July 2011, when she was 17.

But midwives at the hospital became alarmed by the odd behavior of A's mother. Her daughter wanted to breastfeed the baby, but her mother said: 'We don't want any of that attachment thing.'

The hospital alerted the authorities, and the children were taken into foster care. The mother is now serving a five-year jail term for child cruelty.

Details of the case were heard during proceedings at the family division of the High Court over the children's future last year. They were reported for the first time Monday after several British media organizations, including the publisher of The Guardian newspaper, challenged reporting restrictions.

A court order bars identifying the family members in order to protect the children. AP

Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant

London: A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said.

In a ruling reported for the first time Monday, High Court judge Peter Jackson said the mother had behaved in 'a wicked and selfish way' that almost defied belief.

The judge said the woman, an American divorcee living in Britain with three adopted children, hatched the plan after she was prevented from adopting a fourth.

The scheme involved getting her oldest daughter to inseminate herself with syringes of sperm purchased over the Internet from a Denmark-based company, Cryos International.

Jackson said the daughter, identified only as A, 'became pregnant at the mother's request, using donor sperm bought by the mother, with the purpose of providing a fourth child for the mother to bring up as her own.'

In his ruling, the judge quoted the teenager as saying said she was shocked by the suggestion, but thought, 'If I do this ... maybe she will love me more.'

'My mum is a very determined person and she does her best not to let anything get in her way if she wants it,' the teenager added.

The judge said the mother also made the teenager use douches of vinegar or lemon and lime juice in hopes of increasing her chances of having a girl.

The judge said it was likely but not certain that the daughter soon became pregnant and suffered a miscarriage. After six more attempts with the donor sperm, she gave birth to a baby boy in July 2011, when she was 17.

But midwives at the hospital became alarmed by the odd behavior of A's mother. Her daughter wanted to breastfeed the baby, but her mother said: 'We don't want any of that attachment thing.'

The hospital alerted the authorities, and the children were taken into foster care. The mother is now serving a five-year jail term for child cruelty.

Details of the case were heard during proceedings at the family division of the High Court over the children's future last year. They were reported for the first time Monday after several British media organizations, including the publisher of The Guardian newspaper, challenged reporting restrictions.

A court order bars identifying the family members in order to protect the children. AP

No framework to regulate private security agencies, SC told

New Delhi : The government Monday told the Supreme Court that there were no guidelines or rules to regulate the working of private security agencies and an offence by a private security guard would be individual in nature and no liability could be attributed to their agency.

'There is no concept of vicarious liability under IPC (Indian Penal Code) and for the use of firearm resulting in the commission of an offence, the liability would be individual in nature and thus the private security agency cannot be held liable under the IPC for the commission of offence by the security guard,' the union home ministry told a bench of Justice P.Sathasivam and Justice M.Y.Eqbal in its affidavit.

However, the court was told that that a private security agency could face the consequences of an offence committed by its security guard if there are 'circumstances such as common intention, common object, conspiracy or abetment based on evidence'.

The court was told that Section 100 of IPC providing for 'private defence which applies to every person shall apply to private security guard'.

However, the home ministry affidavit said that the private security guard can be held liable under the provision of IPC for committing offences and violating the law of the land. He would attract punishment and penalties for the misuse of arms and the violation of terms and conditions of licence.

It told the court that by a 1987 notification, companies, firms, banks, industrial and other establishments could hold the licence to possess fire arms but that did not extend to private security agencies. The 'private security agencies in whatever form will not be included in the definition of company, firm or industrial establishment', the court was told.

The home ministry had filed its affidavit in pursuance to the apex court notice seeking details of the on the legal regulatory framework under which the private security agencies were operating.

The court had Nov 21, 2012, issued notice taking cognizance of the of the killing of Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh Chadha in a shoot out.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the killings of Chadha brothers, an apex court bench of Justice D.K.Jain (since retired) and Justice J.S.Khehar said: 'We take suo motu cognizance of the said reports, relating, inter alia, to the licensing and working of private security agencies.'

The court wanted to know what was the legal regulatory framework under which the private security agencies operate and what were the parameters/norms that are considered for issue of firearm/weapon licences to private security personnel.

As Additional Solicitor General Siddarth Luthra told the court that there was no guidelines or regulation to regulate private security agencies, the court Monday appointed senior counsel Ranjit Kumar as amicus curiae to assist the court in the hearing of the matter.

No framework to regulate private security agencies, SC told

New Delhi : The government Monday told the Supreme Court that there were no guidelines or rules to regulate the working of private security agencies and an offence by a private security guard would be individual in nature and no liability could be attributed to their agency.

'There is no concept of vicarious liability under IPC (Indian Penal Code) and for the use of firearm resulting in the commission of an offence, the liability would be individual in nature and thus the private security agency cannot be held liable under the IPC for the commission of offence by the security guard,' the union home ministry told a bench of Justice P.Sathasivam and Justice M.Y.Eqbal in its affidavit.

However, the court was told that that a private security agency could face the consequences of an offence committed by its security guard if there are 'circumstances such as common intention, common object, conspiracy or abetment based on evidence'.

The court was told that Section 100 of IPC providing for 'private defence which applies to every person shall apply to private security guard'.

However, the home ministry affidavit said that the private security guard can be held liable under the provision of IPC for committing offences and violating the law of the land. He would attract punishment and penalties for the misuse of arms and the violation of terms and conditions of licence.

It told the court that by a 1987 notification, companies, firms, banks, industrial and other establishments could hold the licence to possess fire arms but that did not extend to private security agencies. The 'private security agencies in whatever form will not be included in the definition of company, firm or industrial establishment', the court was told.

The home ministry had filed its affidavit in pursuance to the apex court notice seeking details of the on the legal regulatory framework under which the private security agencies were operating.

The court had Nov 21, 2012, issued notice taking cognizance of the of the killing of Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh Chadha in a shoot out.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the killings of Chadha brothers, an apex court bench of Justice D.K.Jain (since retired) and Justice J.S.Khehar said: 'We take suo motu cognizance of the said reports, relating, inter alia, to the licensing and working of private security agencies.'

The court wanted to know what was the legal regulatory framework under which the private security agencies operate and what were the parameters/norms that are considered for issue of firearm/weapon licences to private security personnel.

As Additional Solicitor General Siddarth Luthra told the court that there was no guidelines or regulation to regulate private security agencies, the court Monday appointed senior counsel Ranjit Kumar as amicus curiae to assist the court in the hearing of the matter.