A two-year-old boy was charred to death in a kitchen fire that destroyed a thatched hut near Hosabande in Bagalur police station limits on Tuesday morning.
The victim is Chetan, son of Appanna, a tractor driver, and Pushpavathi, a manual labourer.
Bagalur police said that the family, from Yadgir, was living in a thatched hut. On Tuesday morning, Chetan’s parents were away at work while a relative, Chandravva (65), was caring for four of Chetan’s siblings and cousins.
The elderly lady was cooking when fire broke out accidentally, destroying the highly inflammable hut.
While Chandravva managed to rescue Dileep Kumar (9), Bhagyashree (3) and Divya (2), she could not reach Chetan, who was asleep, in the nick of time. Fire officials received a call around 10.50 a.m. following which two fire tenders were despatched to the spot. They said more than 50 such families live in such huts in the area.
The police have registered a case.
Fatal brawl
A real estate agent who got into an alcohol-fuelled brawl with friends on Monday night, died on Tuesday morning of his injuries, the Kodigehalli police said.
Sahakarnagar resident Vijay Kumar (36) had gone out with Mahesh Bhat, a shopkeeper, and a few other friends. After downing a few, he is believed to have got into an argument which turned physical. Police said Vijay Kumar sustained head injuries after he was pushed to the ground. He was later found by passersby who called his family. He was rushed to hospital where he died.
Kodigehalli police, who questioned Kumar’s friends, said they have not yet been able to identify any primary suspect yet though they have registered a case of murder.
Pillion rider dies
H.N. Sudhindra (22) died when a car rear-ended the two-wheeler he was riding pillion on the Vijayanagar Chord Road near Gayatri Hospital junction Monday evening.
Vijayanagar traffic said rider T.T. Abhilash has been hospitalised with light injuries.
