In a heart-wrenching incident reported from Muzaffarnagar, minor siblings were suffocated to death after their family lit coal fire in their room to beat the severe cold conditions prevailing in the state.
The incident took place in Dadheru Kalan village of Charthawal area of the district on Monday night.
Reports said that a local resident of the area, Rajendra Prajapati, had two children, 15-year-old daughter Neha and 13-year-old son Ansh. On Monday night, they both slept in the same room after having their dinner. They took the quilt but to beat the bitter cold, both the children lit a coal fire in their room. They kept the fire near their bed before going to sleep.
As the windows and doors in the room were closed, the poisonous smoke emanating from the fire spread all around. Due to the smoke, both of them died of suffocation while sleeping in the quilt. When both the children did not wake up till late on Tuesday morning, the family members reached their room to enquire about the matter. The bodies of both the children were found covered by the quilt. The family members were shocked by the death of both the children in the family.
On information, the police reached the spot and inquired about the incident. Local police registered a case and sent both the bodies for post-mortem.
In another mishap in Gorakhpur, Vicky (24), who was injured in a road accident on January 6 near Jungle Ramgarh in Khorabar area of the district, died during treatment on Monday morning.
Angry relatives reached the police station with the dead body, accusing the police of negligence and started protesting. They alleged that due to the negligence of the police, Vicky was undergoing treatment in the district hospital as `unknown’ even when he could be easily identified with the help of available documents.
Later, the police registered a case and pacified the people and sent the body for post-mortem. The police have registered a case against the unknown driver for negligent driving and murder.
According to the information, Vicky, a resident of Khorabar village, had gone to his brother in-laws' house at Mahuadabar in Khajni area. From there he left on January 6 to come home by bike. On the same day at around 6:30 pm, he was injured after being hit by an unknown vehicle near the Banpokhar Devi temple near Ramgarh. An ambulance brought him to Khorabar primary health centre from where he was referred to the district hospital.
The police impounded the bike of the injured at Ramnagar Karjaha post. However, no identification was made. Surprisingly, the family even contacted the police with the details but still they were not informed that the victim was admitted to a hospital. On January 15, through Facebook, the family members got information that Vicky was admitted to the district hospital as an `unknown’ patient. From there the family took him to a private hospital located in the planetarium. He died on Monday during treatment.
Police outpost in-charge Pankaj Kumar Singh said the accident was reported from PRB Police number 112. He was sent to the district hospital by the people around him before the police arrived.
Meanwhile, several persons were feared dead and injured critically in a collision between a truck and a bus in Aligarh on Tuesday. The collision took place between a private bus and a truck full of passengers. The police reached the spot and rushed the injured to the hospital.
It is said that a private bus was going from Etah to Aligarh. As soon as it reached in front of Dhanipur airport in Mahua Kheda area of Aligarh it collided with the truck.
Many people died in the accident and many people were injured.
Senior officers rushed to the spot soon after learning about the mishap.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also expressed grief over the deaths in the mishap and directed the local authorities to provide best available treatment to the injured.