Close on the heels of suicide by a farmer in lakhimpur Kheri, two cane growers tried to self-immolate themselves inside district collectrate at Shamli after their demand of payment of their dues goes unheard. However, the cops who were deployed to maintain law and order were alert enough to nab both the farmers before they could torch themselves. A case in this regard was registered against them and they were sent to jail.
According to reports, hundred of farmers were staging a demonstration at collectrate in Shamli district seeking intervention of the administration to get their dues against their cane crop cleared by the local mills. It may be mentioned that High Court already directed the State government to ensure that all dues of the farmers should be cleared. Reports said that the situation took an ugly turn on Saturday morning when after finding no response from the administration, two of the farmers, identified as Samarpal Singh Tomar and lokendra Singh. both hailing from khodsama locality of Jhinjhina in Shamli suddenly poured kerosene over their bodies and tried to torch them for self-immolation. luckily, some cops noticed the move in time and held both. Surprisingly even then the local administration not listen to their vows and instead sent both the farmers to jail.
Meanwhile in a sensational incident reported from Moradabad, a man was brutally battered to death and his two brothers along with younger brother were battling for life when they were brutally attacked by the accused for objecting sexual harassment of their kin while five persons were killed in a tragic road mishap in Banda. Reports said that one Meraj, hailing from Khatghar locality of
Moradabad was engaged in sexual harassment of Class eleventh student residing in his neighbor. The girl first raised objection but when the youth continued, she informed about it to her father. Subsequently her father registered a complaint in this regard with the youth’s father and also warned that if the mischief would continue than he will report the matter to the police.
However, the family fell in trouble when the accused learnt that a complaint was lodged against him with his father. Meraj along with his friends struck at girls house and brutally assaulted her father on Friday afternoon. When girls uncle and her younger brother rush to father’s rescue, the accused also assaulted them. They escaped only when the neighbor came out for rescue of the family. All the four, father, two uncles and her younger brother were shifted to hospital where father succumbed to injuries. The others were also lying in critical state. Surprisingly, the local police were alleged to be trying to save the culprits.
They initially refused to register any case and when they learnt that the father died in hospital, the cops registered it just as a case of culpable homicide and had made no efforts to nab the culprits. According to reports from Banda, a speeding truck (UP90D-1685) collided head-on with a mini-loader (UP90D-2421) in Tindwari area under the Kotwali dehat in Banda in which five persons were killed, on Saturday morning . They were identified as Jagmohan (50), Ram
Swaroop (55), Bhola Prasad (50), Khaleel (40), all hailing from lilauli in Fatehpur and Salim(40), hailing from Kotwali city area of Banda. One person who was critically injured has been shifted to district hospital.