Bengaluru sees heaviest August rainfall since 1890
CHANDIGARH: A minor girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified man at knife-point when she was on way to her school for Independence Day function here on Tuesday, police said. BENGALURU: Bengaluru early on THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While the
The victim, a 12-year-old Class VIII Tuesday witnessed a record 180 mm Centre has launched efforts to tackle
student, was sexually assaulted by the rainfall in barely three hours, the the problems posed by ‘The Blue
man, said to be aged around 40, at the Whale challenge’ by ordering removal heaviest downpour in August in over Children’s Traffic Park in Sector 23.
of all Internet links to the online 100 years. The girl was admitted at the
game, Kerala Police have begun The rains wreaked havoc across the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital a probe into the death of a local
for treatment even as Chandigarh city, crippling normal life, flooding teenager.
Police registered a rape case on her roads and houses in many localities The police action came after the
complaint. No arrest has been made and dampened the 71st Independence Class XI student’s parents, who live
so far. Day celebrations. on the city outskirts, registered a
Chandigarh’s officiating Senior complaint earlier this week that their “As the downpour in just three Superintendent of Police Eish Singhal
16-year-old son committed suicide on hours (3 am to 6 am) was so heavy, the told the media in the evening that
July 26 by hanging as he was hooked storm-water drains could not take the police had procured closed-circuit on to the game.
television footage from the area to load in such a short time, resulting in The parents said a probe was
identify the suspect. rainwater overflowing on several roads needed to find out the reason for their
SSP Singhal and other police and inundating low-laying areas,” son’s death, and blamed the online
officers, who were attending the main Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika game for taking his life.
Independence Day function at the The boy’s mother told police that (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunatha Parade Ground in nearby Sector 17,
he had downloaded the game last Prasad told reporters later. The rushed to the spot after the crime was
year and despite their reprimands had torrential rains uprooted trees, twisted reported to police. refused to not play the game.
Singhal further clarified that the electric poles and snapped cable lines She said the teenager started
minor was in fact going to school to even in upscale residential areas across behaving indifferently and was always
attend the I-Day function and not the city, disrupting power supply. engaged in weird activities.
returning from there as reported Civic officials had to use makeThe Cyber Police said they have
earlier. Police cited the girl as saying seized the teenager’s mobile phone shift boats to rescue the stranded in that the man dragged her near a
and started the probe even though some areas while power outages led ‘nallah’ (seasonal rivulet) passing
they are yet to reach any definite to blackouts for hours since early through the traffic park and raped her conclusion.
at knife-point. — IANS morning in many areas.
“We received distress calls and complaints from hundreds of those affected regarding storm-water drains overflowing, and rainwater entering basements, ground floor houses and apartments,” a civic official from the BBMP control room said.
Police had a tough time during the day, as several arterial roads, subways and underbridges were waterlogged, slowing vehicular movement and causing traffic snarls.
6.5 mn hit by floods in Bihar: More than 6.5 million people have been affected by floods in Bihar, that have claimed the lives of over 40 people so far, washed away thousands of huts, badly damaged buildings, roads, bridges and standing crops worth crores, officials said on Tuesday.
Bihar disaster management department officials said that 65.37 lakh people in 13 districts have been affected by the floods. — IANS