In a shocking incident, three members of a marriage party, including two teenagers, were crushed to death after coming under the wheels of a speeding train in Farrukhabad district.
The incident came to light when people who went to the railway line to attend the call of nature in the morning on Sunday saw the mutilated bodies lying on the tracks.
Reports said that the wedding procession of Gulshan Shakya, a resident of Salempur village in Bhogaon area of Mainpuri district, stayed in a guest house located near Nibkarori railway station in Mohammadabad area. The marriage took place with the daughter of Ramakanta, hailing from Jajpur Banjara hamlet of Farrukhabad on Saturday night. The jaimal was taking place and the DJ was playing loudly.
Reports said that 13-year-old Ritik, the only son of Salampur resident Dhirendra Kashyap, Hariom Kashyap (13) and 20-year-old Vineet Kashyap, who came with the procession, went on the Tundla-Farrukhabad railway line for some work. At the same time the Bandra-Izzatnagar express passed by and all three came under it. All the three were badly crushed after coming under the wheels of the train and died on the spot. No one noticed the incident due to the loud sound of the DJ.
On Sunday morning, some women went to the railway line for defecation, and when they saw the mutilated bodies of the three, they screamed. When the incident came to light, a crowd of people gathered around and later the victims were identified.
The local police registered a case and sent the bodies for autopsy.
Meanwhile in Budaun, five people of Hathras drowned on Sunday afternoon while taking a bath in the Ganga at Kachla. Three of them were rescued by the divers but two people drowned.
Reports said that a Bhagwat katha was organised in village Rati Nagla of Sikandra Rao tehsil of Hathras. At the conclusion of the katha, the people of the village came to Kachla on four tractor-trolleys to immerse the urn. Veerpal’s son Piyush, Mohan Singh’s daughter Shivani, Brijesh’s daughter Poonam, a lawyer’s son Vikas and Pitambar Singh’s son Pawan, were taking bath in the river Ganga with others and suddenly they started drowning. As they raised an alarm, some divers helped to rescue three of them but Piyush and Shivani, both in their teens, drowned. Their bodies were fished out and sent for autopsy.
In another incident, two cousins, Darpan and Sagar of Khalidpur village of Gangoh Kotwali of Saharanpur district, drowned while bathing in the river Yamuna at Daulatpur ghat on Sunday morning.
On hearing screams, the people around pulled both of them out of the water and rushed them to a nearby hospital but the doctors pronounced both dead.
According to reports, 19-year-old Darpan of Khalidpur village under Gangoh Kotwali and his cousin Sagar (22), went to Daulatpur to take bath at Yamuna ghat. Some other children of the village were also with them. Both the youths started taking bath in the Yamuna while other boys were sitting outside watching them. While taking bath, suddenly both of them started drowning in deep water. The villagers jumped to rescue them but failed.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.