1 Lahk Rs., $1475USD, to be paid to family of killed.
The Hindu
07FEB2016
..."Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said it was a meteorite fall that caused the mishap."...
"Window panes of the college buses and several glass planes of the building were damaged when the meteorite fell.
Kamaraj lost his life after the meteorite fell near him as he was walking past the building.
The meteorite fall caused an explosion. It also created a small crater near the building complex."
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meteorite-caused-mishap-in-vellore-college-tn-cm/article8206087.ece
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Vellore Rock Unlikely to Be A Meteorite, Says Astro Prof
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By ENS
Published: 07th February 2016 02:57 PM
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Vellore-Rock-Unlikely-to-Be-A-Meteorite-Says-Astro-Prof/2016/02/07/article3265731.ece
Govt `confirms' meteorite blast in Vellore killed man
Times of India
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An Indian bus driver has become the first man in recorded history to be killed after he was struck by a meteorite, sensational local reports have claimed ...
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... it's extremely unlucky, it's surprising that it's such a rare occurrence – particularly in the light of recent close calls like 2013's Chelyabinsk meteor.
Meteorite did it: CM Jayalalithaa on Vellore death
The Indian Express
While the powerful shock wave from the meteor damaged buildings, shattered glass and left hundreds injured, there were no deaths. The odds of ...
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Ravi Jagtiani- “A small stone weighing about 10 grams was recovered from the spot. We had sent a requisition to IIA scientists asking them to come and examine the object. A team from IIA will be visiting the district on Monday to analyse it,” said P.K. Senthilkumari,...
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Astrophysicists to examine meteorite-like object
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Police, however, dismissed these initial eyewitness accounts as rumours. They put out the guesswork that the explosion was caused by gelatine sticks buried and abandoned amid the rocks at the time of construction of the college.
They said that the college's gardeners, Sasikumar(42) and Murali (26), were burning garbage to clean up the garden and inadvertently set off the unused gelatine sticks.
Sources said that Kamaraj and another driver Sultan (57) were drinking water from a water tank in the garden when they were hit by splinters from the meteorite.
Kamaraj fell with bleeding injuries and Sultan sustained minor injuries. Kamaraj was rushed to the government hospital in Vaniyambadi but died on the way.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/.../02/07/article3265108.ece
Meteorite? Satellite Junk? Vellore Rock Was Object from Space - The…
NEWINDIANEXPRESS.COM
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Ravi Jagtiani-
its actually 2 different incident
the above image is due to the first incident took place in same vellore district on 26-01-2016
the second image is the yesterday event Bharathidhasan College, Vellore District..
both incident are from same Vellore District 10 days difference.apart.- Vishal Essor
Ravi Jagtiani- “Following a similar incident near Vellore on January 26, on a paddy field in Alangayam Village, a scientist from National Physical Laboratory had been camping near Vellore. When our bomb and explosives experts ruled out the presence of usual chemicals...
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Ravi Jagtiani- Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen a flying object falling down and striking the campus at around Saturday noon. - See more at:
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Vellore college explosion caused by Meteorite: Jayalalithaa
INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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Ravi Jagtiani- “pieces of a rare kind of stone” being found and sent for analysis......
However, a weekly calendar put out by the Society states that a seasonal shower of the Pi Hydrids is expected to have maximum activity on February 7, apart from two other showers underway until February 21....
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Strange Explosion in Vellore Thought the Work of a Fallen Meteorite
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