Faridabad: An elderly man was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana's Faridabad after he objected to people bursting firecrackers in his locality, police said on Friday.
A case has been lodged on the basis of a complaint from the victim's son. According to the complainant, Vinod, three men -- Raju, Dheeraj and Nandu -- were bursting firecrackers in front of the victim's residence in the Housing Board Colony in Faridabad's Sector 18 on Thursday evening. When his father objected to it, a verbal spat ensued, the complainant said.
Vinod managed to pacify the situation for the time being but at around 1 am, the three men came back and again started bursting firecrackers in front of their house, the complaint said.
As Vinod's father came out of the house and objected to it, he was allegedly thrashed by the three accused. Vinod and his wife were also allegedly roughed up by the three men when they tried to intervene. The complainant's father succumbed to his injuries on the spot, police said, adding that a hunt is on to nab the accused.
Family attacked over bursting firecrackers in Faridabad
A family bursting firecrackers on Diwali here was allegedly attacked with sticks and stones in this Haryana district, police said on Friday. Police said the incident occurred in Ballabhgarh town on Thursday. The family has also alleged that members of a family from minority community allegedly broke down the door of their house in Subhash Colony and sexually harassed one of them, they said.
According to police, some children were bursting firecrackers in the area, to which some people belonging to the minority community opposed, and issued treats to the kids.
When some women from the Hindu family went to the house of the accused, they were allegedly attacked with sticks, and bricks and stones were pelted at them, a police spokesperson said citing the complaint. The attackers, then, broke the main door of the complainant's house and sexually harassed a girl of the family, police said. A CCTV footage of the alleged incident has been recovered.
Police has registered a case and has started an investigation in the matter, the spokesperson said.
21 with firecracker injuries, mostly children, seek treatment at PGIMER
Twenty-one people, mostly children, reported to an advanced eye care centre for burn injuries received in accidents caused while bursting Diwali firecrackers.
Six of them needed surgery and all have been operated upon, a statement issued by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh said on Friday. Twelve of the 21 patients who came to PGIMER's Advanced Eye Centre with burn injuries in the past 48 hours were children, the statement said.
PGIMER's Trauma Centre handled five more burn cases related to Diwali celebrations on Thursday. Among these, an 18-month-old boy suffered 30 per cent burns on his right side, and a 16-year-old girl sustained 50-55 per cent burns, predominantly on her upper body, it said.
Both are now stable and are now in the burn ICU for further treatment, while the other three cases are under care at the Advanced Trauma Centre OPD and being managed accordingly for the injuries suffered, it said.
Among the patients who were treated at the eye centre, eight were from Chandigarh and others were from Punjab, Haryana Himachal Pradesh, UP and Rajasthan. Twelve of the injured were bystanders, while the rest were bursting crackers themselves, the PGIMER said.
According to the statement, PGIMER's Advanced Eye Centre, in anticipation of Diwali-related injuries, activated special emergency protocols, ensuring immediate treatment for firecracker injury cases which were reported between October 30 till November 2.
The eye centre had round-the-clock staffing of doctors, nurses, and allied personnel to treat those with burn injuries, it said. Two separate teams were formed to ensure that patients were attended to immediately: one team comprising of retina, cornea, glaucoma and oculoplasty subspecialities was posted to attend to patients with injuries as soon as they reached the emergency of the Advanced Eye Centre. Patients requiring surgery were immediately transferred to the surgical team who ensured that immediate care is provided to them.
Diwali was celebrated across the country on Thursday. In Chandigarh, the twin capital of Punjab and Haryana, only green crackers were allowed between 8 pm and 10 pm on Thursday. However, in many parts of the city, people continued to burst crackers well past the 10 pm limit on Thursday and Friday as well. (Agency inputs)
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