An aged man died in a road mishap in an area under Jigna police station on Sunday. Reports said that Baijnath Bind (70), a resident of Bhairopur village under Manda police station in Prayagraj, was going on foot when he was hit by an Innova near Rannopatti village under Jigna police station. On information the police reached there and found the victim dead on the spot. The police took the body into possession and impounded the vehicle.
pontoon bridge to be erected: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel while addressing a public gathering at the village secretariat of Sindhora village under Pahadi block on Sunday informed that the pontoon bridge at Sindhora Ghat on Ganga river will be erected soon for the convenience of people. She appealed to the people to ensure maximum presence of old and Divyang persons at block headquarters on the date fixed to examine the requirement of calipers for the needy. Giving details about examination camps in each block of the district she said calipers were not required only for the Divyangs but for the aged persons too who were facing physical abnormality due to age factor. She said in the camp the doctors will examine the requirement and on their recommendation calipers will be prepared and will be handed over to the needy. But prior registration and examination was necessary to avail such facility, she added.
During her visit the minister became aware of the problems related to Ganga by doing spot inspection by boat. During her tour she was accompanied by BJP leader Harishankar Singh, chairman cooperative bank Dr Jagdish Singh Patel, block pramukh Pahadi Indra Bahadur Pandey and local people’s representatives of Seekhar and Pahadi blocks.
CONDOLED: District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan condoled the demise of veteran journalist Ravindra Nath Jaiswal alias Lalloo Bhaiya. His last rites were performed at Ganga Ghat on Sunday. Speaking at a condolence meeting held at the Information and Public Relations office, District Information Officer OP Upadhyay described him as a person who lived for values. Prominent among those who also spoke on the occasion were Manoj Shukla, Santosh Srivastava and Vishwajeet Dubey. The meeting concluded with two minute silence in respect of the departed soul.
COUPLES REUNITE: Under Project Milan programme five couples who were living separately due to petty issues got reunited on Sunday in the family counselling centre (FCC) located at Police Lines. After several sittings the centre was successful in getting five couples to agree to live together. The entire process was carried out by woman inspector and incharge of FCC Seema Singh who was assisted by sub-inspector Shashi Tiwari, constable Pinki Jaiswal, counsellors Dr Krishna Singh and S Devi.
ARRESTED: The Vindhyachal police on Sunday arrested an accused of raping a minor girl. A woman had lodged a named FIR on September 13 alleging that the accused had enticed her minor daughter away. After registering the case the police started the investigation. SHO Arvind Mishra nabbed the accused. The police sent the accused of Pakari village under Jigna police station to jail.
CAUGHT: The Padari police on Sunday caught two accused of motorcycle theft, including a juvenile offender, and recovered three stolen motorcycles.
Arun Kumar Dubey of Keshavpatti on November 17 and Manoj Bind of Sikari on November 18 had lodged a complaint about the theft of their motorcycles. The police nabbed Karan Bind of Garayi Nala along with a stolen motorcycle and on his identification a juvenile offender was caught and two more stolen motorcycles were recovered.