In a shocking incident, an employee of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway toll plaza was beaten to death in Karnataka’s Ramanagar district. A video of the incident is now viral on the Internet.

In the viral video, some people on a highway can be seen hitting a man, reportedly for a fight over paying the toll fee.

The deceased has been identified as Pawan Kumar, a resident of Karikal Tandya in Bengaluru Taluk. His colleague Manjunath was also injured in the attack.

The incident took place on June 4, Sunday night, when an argument broke out between the toll staff and a group of men over paying the toll fee. The accused allegedly had a heated argument with the staff over the delay, which lead to a fistfight.

The passers-by stopped and pacified. It seemed that the fight was over for the time being but the angry accused reportedly waited for Kumar, the victim.

At midnight, as Kumar stepped out of the plaza, the four people attacked him and Manjunath with hockey sticks. The whole incident was captured on CCTV. Both were taken to the hospital where Pawan Kumar died because of the injuries. The accused fled the scene after the incident.

The Police have registered a case of murder and an investigation is ongoing to catch the accused at the earliest. According to the police, the accused have been identified based on the CCTV camera footage of the incident and is said to be from Bengaluru.

Users filled the comments section, where one person wrote, the accused should join school again and learn the importance of peace. Another user wrote that toll plaza employees should be taught how to behave as they misbehave with the commuters. He added the situation was good when the female employees were deployed in the tollbooth.

A user wrote it was a total failure of the law and order implementation by the local police.

Reports said local commuters have been protesting against the toll collection in the expressway as similar incidents of heated arguments with the toll employees have been reported in the past.

The Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway was inaugurated on March 12 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The local commuters have complained, whenever they travel by the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, there is a delay in opening the barrier despite a fast tag. The toll plaza employees said there had been a technical issue as there is a delay in the detection of vehicles near the toll plaza by the sensors.     

A video is doing a rounds on internet, a young girl is forcefully abducted by the two men happened to be her relatives. The distressing incident can be seen in the video, it is being claimed that the girl choose to marry someone from another caste. The young girl tied the knot with her lover a few days ago against the family decision since the groom had a different caste.

After the incident Police reached the parent’s house and rescued her from them. The incidence took place in Shyamnagar village in Araria on June 3 which is going viral on social media. The woman is identified as Rupa Kumari who was in love with her boyfriend Chotu Kumar for a long time. As her family members were against their marriage, they planned to escape on May 28 and went to adjoining Supaul district where they got married in a temple and also held a court marriage.

The family member of Chotu Kumar reached Supaul when they learned about their marriage and brought them back home. As the family member of the girl was against this marriage, a panchayat meeting was organized to resolve the issue.

The father of Chotu Surensh Kumar Thakur claimed that the family member of the girl attacked him while the panchayat meeting was underway. He said they were also looking for his son Chotu, doubting their intention he did not bring his son to the panchayat meeting. Taking the advantage of it, the girl’s brother dragged her to the bike and fled away from the spot.

SDPO, Forbesganj, Khusru Siraj said when the incident came to their notice, a team immediately rushed at the spot and managed to bring the girl from the captivity of her parents. The family members of the girl were involved in physical assault of Chotu’s father. The Police have registered an FIR in this connection on the statement of the girl and Chotu’s father.

On Tuesday, a 2.5-year-old girl fell into 200 feet bore well lying open in the fields in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore. Villagers are in shock. The rescue operation is underway since morning.

The incident took place at around 2:45 pm on Tuesday. Since then, the villagers, in a state of frenzy and shock, approached the local panchayat and the local village administration for help. The officials immediately after were informed, rushed to the spot for rescue operation.

The incident is reported by Mungaoli Village in Sehore of Madhya Pradesh. The poor girl is identified as Srishti, daughter of Rahul Kushwaha who was playing in the neighboring field next to her house when she fell inside the bore well lying open. Her mother Rani was present.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is underway putting efforts to dig Srishti out.

Oxygen is being sent down the bore well with the help of a pipe. Cylinders of oxygen have been brought at the sight of the incident. Additional District Magistrate Brijesh Saxena and SP Mayank Awasthi are present at the location looking over the rescue task.

Two JCB and Poklane machines have been brought to carry out the rescue operations. Cameras are being sent inside the bore well. An ambulance along with a team of Doctors are on stand-by at the spot.

Rani said, about 50 m away from the house, neighbor Nannu Lal had dug a bore about three months ago but since it was a failed attempt, the hole was left unattended.

She said the children usually play around every day and she always was cautious but to Srishti’s hapless; she reached the bore well and fell inside it.

Many villagers gathered around the site of the incident. Rani has been in shock as she is afraid for the safety of her daughter. She has been continuously making prayers for the safety evacuation of Srishti.

SDM Mishra said they will take out the girl soon, safe from inside the bore well.