Trying to put a curb on cow slaughtering proved fatal for a police party when two cops, including a head constable, were killed and as many others injured after they were crushed by a truck, on which cattle were smuggled by the gang in Mathura, on Thursday night. A case has been registered in this regard by the police.
Reports said that some cops of the Jait police outpost, of Chata Thesil in Mathura, were patrolling in the area when they heard that some cattle were smuggled on a truck, on Friday night. They immediately into swung into action and after seeing the truck, they tried to intercept it by putting the barrier. However, the smugglers first smashed the barriers and then went crushing the police party near Azizpur village under Kosi Kalan police station, on Friday night.
The vehicle ran over home guard Ghan Shyam and then collided with the police van resulting into injuries to head Constables Ram Vakil and Rajeev and Home Guard Bhanu Pratap. The vehicle, which was laden with cows and going towards Kosi Kalan village, finally fell in a roadside ditch. Home guard Ghan Shyam died on the spot. The injured were rushed to a Mathura-based private hospital, from where they were shifted to SN Medical College, Agra where Vakil succumbed to the injuries. The condition of Constable Rajeev and Home Guard Bhanu Pratap is stated to be stable. Two teams have been formed to nab the accused who managed to flee, abandoning the vehicle.
Meanwhile a report from Bulandshahr said that three people were killed in a collision between a Samajwadi Ambulance and a car in Sikendrabad area on Thursday night. Reports said that Yogesh Paliwal, younger brother of BJP leader Dinesh Paliwal was going on a car when it collided with a 108 Samajwadi Ambulance. The deceased have been identified as Yogesh Paliwal, Shanker Sainia and driver Prdeep Yadav. In another road accident on Thursday night, rash driving claimed life of three youth while two others were injured on Gujeni highway under Panki police station area in Kanpur city. Police said the deceased have been identified as Prashant Verma(22), Munish Mishra(25) and Pushkar Yadav(23), native of Shastrinagar locality of the city.
Meanwhile in Moradabad, panic prevailed under Majhaula police station after nine fetus were found in the nullah on Friday morning. Superintendent of Police(City) in Moradabad, Pradeep Gupta said that, all the nine fetus were found in the nullah, behind the lIC office. They were packed in the glass jars. Gupta added that, there were tags on all jars and it could be possible that these bodies would have been brought for Medical Colleges. Police has sent all the fetus for the post-mortem and investigation is underway.