A senior Government officer and his driver were killed when the jeep they were traveling rammed into a stationary truck in Fatehpur district on Wednesday morning. Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav, has expressed profound grief over the death of Indresh in the road accident and paid his condolences. He directed the officers to forward all necessary help.
According to reports, the accident occurred on NH 2 in Khaga police station area of Fatehpur, when the Bolero jeep coming from Kanpur collided with a truck, killing Khurja (Bulandshahr), SDM Indresh Kumar (45) and his driver Vijay (35) on the spot. The officer was on his way to Allahabad in connection with a court case when the accident took place.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the body of a police follower was recovered from a pond in Jitholi village in Meerut, on Wednesday. According to reports, the body of Yogesh Kumar (40), posted as police follower in Bulandshahr district, was found in the pond on Wednesday morning. local police officials who rushed to the spot soon after learning of the happening claimed that prima-facie it seems to be an accident. They claimed that it seems that Kumar might have been passing by the pond when his leg slipped following which he fell and drowned. However, the possibility of a murder is not ruled out, they said. The real cause behind the death can be ascertained only after getting the post-mortem report and upon interrogation of the deceased’s family members, police said. They claimed to have dispatched the body for autopsy test and were waiting for outcome before moving ahead with the probe in the matter.