Truck plunges 200 toes on Valparai ghat street, site visitors disrupted over 5 hours

Traffic on Pollachi–Valparai ghat street was disrupted for greater than 5 hours after a truck plunged about 200 toes close to the third hairpin bend within the early hours of Thursday.

he police mentioned the truck had delivered firewood in Valparai and was returning to Pollachi round 2 a.m. when the motive force, Balasubramaniam, misplaced management on the curve. The automobile collided with the retaining wall, slid down the hillside, and got here to a halt throughout the street close to the second hairpin bend. The incident blocked motion of autos on the ghat street for over 5 hours.

Fire and Rescue Services personnel from Pollachi reached the spot. They secured the truck with ropes and pulled it away from the street, restoring regular motion within the morning. Officials mentioned that the motive force escaped with out accidents.

Bihar siblings’ altercation over wage leaves one lifeless, one injured in Coimbatore

A 26-year-old man was killed after being stabbed by his sibling following a dispute over wages in Coimbatore.

The three brothers—Biku Kumar (26), Ranjan (19), and Suraj (24)—all from Bihar, labored at a personal meals manufacturing unit close to Perur.

According to the police, the trio’s mixed wage was handed over to Ranjan. On Wednesday night time, after consuming alcohol, a dispute broke out over the wage sharing amongst them, throughout which Ranjan allegedly stabbed his elder brother Biku Kumar. Suraj was injured whereas attempting to intervene. Both victims have been admitted to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, the place Biku Kumar was pronounced lifeless and Suraj stays in intensive care.

Ranjan initially fled, however was later apprehended at Coimbatore Railway Station whereas making an attempt to return to Bihar. The Perur police are investigating the case.

Coimbatore City Police nab three linked to jewelry theft

The Coimbatore City Police on Thursday arrested three males for stealing ten sovereigns of gold from a gold workshop worker after distracting him and pouring water blended with an intoxicating substance. The police mentioned the group has been concerned in comparable thefts in a number of States.

The incident befell on September 12 close to Variety Hall Road, the place Subhomangshi, a jewelry employee from West Bengal, was intercepted by 4 males. They spoke in Hindi claiming to carry out a ritual, used the intoxicated water to confuse him, and fled with the jewelry.

The police mentioned the CCTV footage confirmed the suspects leaving in auto-rickshaws and later in a Maharashtra-registered automobile. A particular staff, appearing on City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar’s orders, traced the group to Nagpur and arrested Yaseem Ali (27), Gurbaanik (27), and Muhammad Farith (25). The alleged chief, Saleem Ali, is absconding. A automobile was seized.

Further investigation is beneath manner.

Coimbatore District Police seize 936 liquor bottles, arrest 37 on dry day

As a part of enforcement measures on Gandhi Jayanthi, noticed as dry day throughout Tamil Nadu, the Coimbatore District Police on Thursday arrested 37 individuals and seized 936 liquor bottles and round 77 litres of arrack throughout shock checks throughout the district.

The operation was carried out on the directions of Superintendent of Police Ok. Karthikeyan. Separate groups beneath numerous sub-divisions performed raids in several components of the district the place liquor was being saved and offered illegally.

According to the police, in Periyanaickenpalayam sub-division, three individuals have been arrested with 32 bottles; in Perur, 4 individuals with 118 bottles and 7 litres of arrack; in Karamadai, six individuals with 110 bottles and 11 litres; in Pollachi, three individuals with 27 bottles and two litres; in Valparai, six individuals with 408 bottles and 15 litres; in Mettupalayam, eight individuals with 157 bottles and 12 litres; and within the Prohibition Enforcement Wing jurisdiction, seven individuals with 84 bottles and 30 litres of arrack have been arrested.

The police mentioned all these arrested have been booked beneath related provisions for unlawful possession and sale of liquor.

The district police appealed to the general public to share data on such unlawful actions by calling the Coimbatore District Control Room at 94981-81212 or via WhatsApp at 77081-00100.