Vadodara: As many as 25 students, including 17 from the Department of Vocal Music and eight from the Department of Tabla, of M S University’s Faculty .
Victim Manju Dhanuk
Vadodara: A 45-year-old woman in Chhota Udepur was attacked with an arrow on Friday morning after she was labelled as a witch.
The woman identified as Manju Dhanuk was attacked by her uncle and brother-in-law when she was bathing outside her house on Friday morning. The arrow pierced through Dhanuk’s right palm.
Police said that after shooting the arrow the accused Nanji Dhanuk and his son Manu threatened to kill her.
“Before fleeing away the two accused hurled abuses at her and labelled her as witch. They threatened to kill her if she will not stop harassing their family,” said police. As Dhanuk shouted in pain, her other family members rushed outside the house and took her to a private hospital in Chhota Udepur where she is undergoing treatment. She later lodged an offence of causing grievous hurt and criminal intimidation against the father-son duo at Rangpur police station.
Mass mobilization of manpower from other places begins
Vadodara: With a consistent rise in the number of Covid-19 hospitalisation and active cases in the city, the administration has started mobilising manpower from outside the city. Doctors as well as paramedical staff has been roped in from Vadodara district too for duties.
The administration and the health staff in the city is stretched due to the major rise in Covid-19 cases and at the same time the need to increase the pace of vaccination in the city. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will now have help from he health staff of the rural areas.
Vadodara: Acting on a tip-off, the Harni police caught four persons including a minor who were involved in a series of mobile phone snatching.
The cops kept a watch near Golden Chowkdi on the national highway-48 and intercepted the four who were travelling on two bikes. “On questioning, they admitted to have snatched phones of several persons,” police said.
Seven mobile phones worth Rs 40,000 were recovered from them.
The accused have been identified as Sunil Rathod and Rajesh Rathwa, both residents of Ajwa Road, Roshan Lohana of Khodiyarnagar and a minor boy. The gang used to target citizens at isolated spots, snatch their mobile phones and fled on their bikes.