REGION DIGEST

11.04.2020

Denied biryani, patient damages hosp property

A Covid-19 positive patient was booked on Friday for breaking a windowpane of the isolation ward at ESI hospital in Coimbatore after he was not allowed to eat chicken biriyani brought by his wife on Friday. The 28-year-old patient from Ukkadam was being treated for Covid-19 at the isolation ward at ESI hospital. His wife had prepared chicken biriyani at her residence and brought it to the isolation ward on the first floor of the hospital, where authorities stopped her and reminded her that food from outside was not allowed. In a fit of rage, the patient flung a nearby fire extinguisher on the glasspane of the ward, police said.

Farmer hacked to death in Thanjavur: A 63-yearold farmer was hacked to death at his farm in Sankaranar Kudikadu village in Thanjavur district on Friday morning. The deceased, identified as Thirumeni, had gone to his farm in the wee hours of Friday to operate a submersible motor pump to irrigate his land. As he didn’t return home after many hours, some of his relatives went to farmland and found him lying dead in a pool of blood. Papanadu police on being alerted reached the spot and sent the body to Thanjavur government hospital for post mortem. Police said that there were deep wounds all over Thirumeni’s body. His right hand was badly damaged and his face was disfigured.

Two caught poaching wild boars,hares: Two people were fined ₹10,000 each for attempting to hunt hares and wild boars in the Sirumugai forest range in Coimbatore. Sirmugai forest range officer Senthilkumar went on rounds at Pethikuttai beat in the range few days ago and found two people installing metal snares on patta land adjacent to the Sirmugai forest range. Forest department officials registered a case against the duo.