In a shocking incident, a man, whose daughter’s marriage is scheduled for October 18, was burnt alive along with his son in Chhibramau locality of Kannauj late on Wednesday night. Valuables worth lakhs of rupees purchased for marriage, and other belongings were reduced to ashes in the fire incident.
According to reports, a fire broke out in the house of Aslam Khan of Mohalla Lahori Tola of Chhibramau Kotwali Nagar in Kannauj reportedly due to a short-circuit. Within no time, the fire engulfed the entire house. While other family members managed to go out in time, Aslam and his son were trapped inside as they tried to remove the costly belongings.
Locals informed police, who reached there along with fire tenders, but almost all the belongings, including those purchased for marriage, were reduced to ashes. The cops later also took out the charred bodies of Aslam and his son Ashu Khan and sent them for autopsy.
Chhibramau SDM Umakant Tiwari also reached the spot and assessed the damage caused in the fire. He said that financial help would be provided from the government level.
Meanwhile, in a major accident in Kushinagar district on Thursday morning, an uncontrolled car overturned on the Gorakhpur-Kaptanganj road near the place of Parbagaha Veer Baba in Kaptanganj in which two of the occupants, including one returning after celebrating his birthday, died on the spot while three people were injured.
Reports said that Deepak Chaudhary and Armaan Ansari of Kaptanganj, who were travelling in the car, died in the accident. Both were sitting in the front seat of the car.
Three other occupants of the car — Vivek Paswan, Neeraj Yadav and Aman Yadav of Kaptanganj — were seriously injured. All five were friends.
They left for Gorakhpur together on Thursday morning after celebrating the birthday of Armaan on Wednesday.
As they were driving at a high speed, they lost control of the vehicle which overturned and everyone got trapped inside. Hearing the screams, people reached the spot and called the police. The cops brought everyone out and found Armaan Ansari and Deepak Chaudhary, sitting in front, already dead. Three others injured are undergoing treatment at a hospital.
In another mishap in Basti district, a student going to school died on the spot after being hit by a tractor-trolley on Karamahiya Khambha road under the Rudhauli police station area on Thursday morning. Sonia, the 14-year-old daughter of Mahesh Yadav of Damkiya, Pachari Kala, was going to her school in Rudhauli. She reached Andeuri Junior High School when she was hit by a tractor-trolley laden with interlocking bricks. Inspector incharge, Rudhauli police station, Dinesh Chandra reached the spot and impounded the tractor-trolley and arrested the driver. The body was sent for autopsy. Sonia was a student of Class VI and the second among five siblings.