In a tragic road accident in Barabanki, a private bus, while overtaking another vehicle near Ghagra Ghat on Bahraich highway, fell into a ditch.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon and two passengers were killed in the mishap which left over two dozen others injured.
The local police rushed to the rescue of the passengers and shifted the injured to the community health centre in Ramnagar from where 14 of them were referred to the district hospital.
According to reports, the bus was going from Balrampur to Lucknow, and there were about 50 passengers on board. The driver-operator fled the spot after the incident.
ASP Purnendu Singh reached the spot to supervise the rescue operation.
On the information of the accident, ARM RS Verma and ARTO enforcement officer Rahul Srivastava also reached the spot.
The injured include travelers from Gonda, Balrampur, Sitapur and Shravasti districts.
Two persons who died in the mishap were identified as Narendra, 36-year-old son of Shyamlal of Piprakhurd under Sadarpur police station of Sitapur, and 50-year-old Brijesh Kumar Tripathi of Mojni under Balapur police station of Balrampur.
Those seriously injured and shifted to the district hospital include Bittu (33) and Shuchi (36) of Bhadaura, Sitapur; Ambika Prasad's wife Usma Devi (40), son Ravi (8) and daughter Nita Devi (19), resident of Lal Bozhi in Shravasti; Girish Kumar (25) of Katra; Pradeep Kumar Dubey (42) of Balpur Karnailganj in Gonda district; Ritesh Kumar (30) of Katra Bazaar and his wife Jyoti (26); Ram Prasad (50); Vijay (36) of Bataura in Karnailganj; Vinod Kumar (60) of Patelnagar; Preeti Tiwari (35) of Badalpur Belsar; and Mahavir (30) of Itiyathok.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Piparpati locality of Ballia, the body of a newlywed was found hanging from a fan on Monday morning.
Police reached the spot and started investigation by taking possession of the body.
The deceased was married about two months back, on November 26, 2021.
Reports said that when Khushboo (28), wife of Barmeshwar Ojha of Piparpati village, did not come out of her room on Monday morning, the family members knocked on the door but got no answer. They called the police after which the door was broken open. The cops saw her body hanging from the ceiling fan with a dupatta.
As soon as the incident came to light, a crowd of villagers gathered there. Forensic team also reached the spot and collected evidence.
On the information of Inspector Virendra Mishra, SDM of Sadar, Zubair Ahmed, and CO of Bansdih, Preeti Tripathi, also reached the spot. The local police registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem.
Inspector Virendra Mishra said that it had come to the fore that the deceased had some dispute with her husband and because of this she committed suicide.Further investigation is going on.
The relatives of the deceased live in Delhi and they were informed of the incident.