The body of a youth was found hanging from a tree in an area under Dehat Kotwali police station on Sunday. On Sunday morning the police was informed about the body of a youth hanging from the tree in a guava orchard near Rajpur village. The deceased was identified was as Sanjay Sonkar (28), a resident of Ramnagar under Ramnagar police station, Varanasi. Sadar CO Shailendra Tripathi and Dehat Kotwali SHO also visited the spot. The police informed the family members and took the body into possession. The brother of the deceased expressed apprehension of murder. Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Srikant Prajapati said the police will decide the direction of investigation after getting the postmortem report.
Meanwhile one person died in an area under Kachhawaan police station on Sunday. Suresh Kumar (38), a resident of Godhana village was on the way to his house from cooperative shop carrying fertiliser bag on his head when he fell down in the way. The locals rescued him but he was found dead. On information the police reached the the spot and took the body into possession. SO Kachhawaan police station Ram Swaroop Verma said the cause of the death could be known after the postmortem report.
COMBING CONDUCTED: Lalganj Circle Officer (CO) Manjari Rao conducted combing under Halia police station on Sunday. During combing in the jungle area she interacted with people of the villages adjacent to the jungle, including Gajaria, Mudpali and others. She appealed to inform the police immediately in case any suspicious activity occurred or things come to the notice. After combing she inspected Halia police station, issued necessary directions to maintain law and order on the occasion of the forthcoming festivals. She directed the SO and the staff concerned to keep registers and records updated.
illegal vendors caught: The RPF caught 13 illegal vendors on Sunday. During routine checking sub- inspector Akhilesh Tiwari and his team conducted raids on trains as well as platforms. During checking 13 vendors failed to show the proper papers. According to RPF incharge, Mirzapur unit, Dinesh Kumar, vendors were staff of the canteen located at the railway station but their token had expired. The RPF arrested them for further action, he added. He said in order to provide security to railway passengers the drive will continue in future too.
COUPLES REUNITE: Under Project Milan programme six couples reunited through the Family Counselling Centre located at Police Lines on Sunday. The said couples were living separately due to misunderstanding over trivial issues and the matter was brought to the police. The police sent the cases to the Family Counselling Centre and after different sittings couple agreed to live together.
Incharge of the centre sub-inspector Shashi Tiwari, constable Pinki Jaiswal and counsellor Dr Krishna Singh and others were present during the counselling.