Cave-in kills boy

Burdwan, Oct. 1: A nine-year-old student was killed yesterday when a concrete pillar of his school collapsed on him in a Burdwan village.

Police said the pillar was in a portion of the building that was under-going repair and had been cordoned off. Tasim Sheikh, a Class III student of GS Free Primary School in Purbasthali’s Hatshimla village, was walking past the cordon when the pillar came crashing down. School officials said students had been told to keep off that part of the building. Residents blocked the Burdwan-Nadia highway from 4.30pm till late tonight demanding the headmaster’s arrest.

Rs 16-lakh loot

Bolpur: A garment store owner was robbed of Rs 16 lakh at Sainthia in Birbhum on Tuesday. Police said around 10 masked men carrying choppers surrounded Kinkar Sen’s Indica. They assaulted him, his manager and driver before fleeing with the cash.

Municipality

Calcutta: State municipal affairs minister Ashok Bhattacharya said on Wednesday that the Dankuni municipality would be set up on November 1 by carving out areas from five gram panchayats.