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Four-legged chicken surprises people

Bantwal: A four legged chicken born at Thumbay has taken everyone by surprise. The rare bird is born at the house of Padmavathi residing in Lacchil.

The bird born just 12 days ago has two normal legs and an extra set of what appear to be suspended legs that dangle from behind. But the extra legs are not strong enough as the front ones.

"At first, the chicken looked normal but over time, the two extra legs grew and our family discovered them" said Padmavathi. Many curious people have flocked to their house to see the special chicken.

It is also said that the chicken must be suffering from ’ Polymelia ’, a birth defect involving limbs, in which the affected individual or animal has more than the usual number of limbs. The extra limb is most commonly shrunken and/or deformed which is also known as ’ Parasite ’.

Polymelia is basically a genetic deformity. It happens during development of embryo and sometimes not only in chicks but other animals to go through this says a research.

Deaf and dumb building worker gets locked in strong room for two hours

Moodbidri: In a bizarre incident, a deaf and dumb building worker got locked in a strong room in an under construction Co-operative Society building in Shirthady for almost two hours, on Wednesday, October 29.

Ashfaq (23), a worker at the site had reportedly entered the strong room in the morning, for cleaning the room. It is said that a brick was always kept at the edge of the entrance to make sure that the door of the strong room does not close as the key to the room was kept in the head office of the Society situated in Mangalore. But, a worker who was cleaning the premises from outside accidentally moved the brick and the door of the strong room got locked automatically.

Unaware of the situation, rest of the workers went on a tea break. Ashfaq who realised that he had been locked in the room could not raise alarm, but started banging door for help.

On returning from the break, the workers could hear someone banging the door inside the locker room. It was then that they tapped into the room from the keyhole and sensed that Ashfaq was banging the door for help. But, the workers could not help Ashfaq because they did possess the key.

Instantly called a local doctor Dr Anil Kumar, who rushed to the spot and provided oxygen by plugging a pipe into the keyhole.

Meanwhile, a few other workers got the required key from the Mangalore branch of the Society and brought Ashfaq out. He is said to have recovered from the shock after a brief period.

FB love lands youth in soup!

Mangalore: A teenager facing charges of kidnapping a minor girl from Mangalore after befriending her on facebook has been nabbed by the Mangalore Rural police from Kerala. The accused is Jerry Francis (1 8) from Ambalapura of Alapuzha in Kerala.

It is said that Jerry had befriended a minor girl from Haveri district pursuing her I PUC in Mangalore, over Facebook. Soon friendship blossomed into love and on October 23, the two eloped to Jerry’s native place. However, the family of the girl filed a kidnapping case against Jerry, who was nabbed by the police on the basis of his mobile phone location. The cops have brought the couple back to Mangalore and Jerry has been handed over to judicial custody for 15 days.

Jerry, who does welding work for buildings is said to have been convinced by his family members to send the girl back to her family, but he refused to do so.

The facebook love has made Jerry land behind the bars.

Leopard entangled in net gets new lease of life

Siddhapura: A leopard that had come to Irabail in Siddhapura in search of food, landed in a net that was laid around a farmland to ward off birds and animals, on Wednesday.

The farmers in the regions have been laying nets to protect their farmland from wild animals and birds. On Wednesday, the paws of the Leopard was entangled in the net.

The leopard, which must have got trapped in the net on Tuesday night or early on Wednesday morning was spotted by the locals on Wednesdayafternoon. The forest officials were instantly alerted and after some efforts, at about 4.30 pm the leopard was rescued. The officials have confirmed that the leopard is healthy and has not suffered any injuries.

The female leopard aged about 6 years must have come from Sooral forest area. About seven months ago a leopard of about the same age had died after falling into a trap.

Beheaded body of elderly found in well

Surathkal: An elderly person allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the well on Wednesday, October 29 near the old police station here.

The deceased is Vaman Putran (82), a resident of Surathkal.

However, his body was recovered from the well in a decapitated state, making way for suspicion.

The exact reason for the death can be ascertained after medical examinations, police sources said.

Lady in Kundapur dies of bee sting

Kundapur: A lady who was stung by bees at Japti in Kundapur breathed her last in a local hospital here on Wednesday night. The deceased is Muthu Mogaveera, wife of Japti resident Thimmappa Mogaveera.

On October 16, Muthu was attacked by a swarm of bees when she was walking down her plantation. The bees had stung her on her face and body. In a critical state she was rushed to the hospital, but even after several days of medications Muthu’s health continued to deteriorate, and on Wednesday night she succumbed to injuries.

A case has been registered at Kundapur police station.