Hyderabad March 31 PTI A 23-year-old BTech graduate died here allegedly after overdosing on drugs police said on Thursday The deceased who was addicted to multiple drugs was a friend of a drug-peddler who was nabbed here today while trying to sell different narcotic drugs they said The drug-peddler who is a realtor and three consumers -- a software employee guitar teacher and a engineering student were on Thursday apprehended Additional Commissioner of Police Law and Order DS Chauhan said Police seized six LSD blots 10 Ecstasy pills and 100 grams of Hash oil from the possession of the accused According to police the deceased unemployed BTech graduate was totally addicted to consume various drugs and frequent visits to Goa made him try various drugs The man was admitted to a hospital in the city recently and the duty doctors informed that he suffered with multiple sclerosis and strokes and due to drug overdose he died three days back while undergoing treatment police said The deceased along with the peddler and some others used to frequently visit Goa and he deceased consumed multiple drugs like LSD pills cocaine MDMA and Hash oil police added LSD lysergic acid diethylamide is sold in tablets or in liquid form and is known to be one of the most potent mood-changing chemicals while MDMA methylenedioxy- methamphetamine is used as a recreational or party drug PTI VVK NVG NVG

Hyderabad Mar 23 PTI It was a tragedy waiting to happen at the ill-fated scrap godown in Hyderabads Bhoiguda as 12 migrant workers from Bihar were staying in a single room above the godown that had a sole access point A spiral staircase in the godown was the only way to enter and exit from the room and a kitchen attached to it Making matters worse for the hapless workers the shutters of the godown on the ground floor remained closed when the deadly fire mishap happened in the early hours of Wednesday Unsurprisingly they could not come out and save their lives though one of the 12 people managed to escape by jumping out of the window It was a heart-wrenching scene as bodies charred beyond recognition were found in a heap as they apparently collapsed upon inhaling the smoke a fire official said Eleven among the 12 workers perished in the fire the exact cause of it would be known after an investigation the officials said Burnt scrap material including old papers empty liquor bottles and fiber cable wires were found scattered at the scene The godown owner has provided accommodation to them in the room upstairs but no one was actually supposed to stay there a police official said The 12 workers aged between 22 and 35 years were sleeping in the room when the tragedy struck The fire appeared to have broken out in the godown and soon spread to the room above the police official said The site of the fire tragedy was sealed and cordoned off as authorities removed the burnt scrap material from the godown The migrant workers who came to the city to eke out a living hailed from different villages of Bihars Chhapra and Katihar districts Some of them were working at the scrap godown for the past two years while others had joined recently PTI VVK SJR NVG NVG

Hyderabad Mar 20 PTI A man in his mid-20s allegedly drunk was taken into custody for repeatedly calling up the police over the phone to complain against his wife for not cooking mutton for him According to the police the man dialed 100 five times on Friday night after his wife reportedly did not prepare mutton curry A case of nuisance was registered and the caller was taken into custody on Saturday and later let off with a warning PTI VVK NVG NVG

Hyderabad Feb 23 PTI A 28-year-old labourer was on Wednesday arrested here for allegedly raping and killing a woman rag-picker with whom he was in a relationship police said The body was found in an unused police outpost near here on February 21 the police said After verifying the CCTV footage in the area the police said the labourer had accompanied the woman 35 on that date Interrogation of the man revealed that he had taken her to the outpost under the pretext of talking to her raped and fatally banged her head against the floor It was also revealed that she was in a relationship with another man too said the police PTI VVK NVG NVG

Hyderabad Dec 22 PTI A 24-year-old labourer died after an accidental fall into a well outside the compound wall of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Raos farmhouse in Siddipet district of Telangana on Wednesday police said A senior police official said the labourer along with some others was cleaning the well on Tuesday evening when the mishap occurred His body was fished out this morning and sent for a postmortem Raos farmhouse is located at Erravalli village in the district The labourers father has told the police that his son had a history of fits the official said A case was registered the official added PTI VVK NVG VVK NVG NVG