One person died and another sustained serious injuries when a truck hit a standing truck under Lalganj police station on Monday. Driver Lallan Sharma of Banda was repairing his truck in Patehra Pandey village under Lalganj police station on the Mirzapur-Rewa highway when the other truck hit it as a result of which he died on the spot. The driver of the other truck Ajay Jaiswal sustained serious injuries. Lalganj Circle Officer (CO) Manjari Rao said the police reached the spot and launched a rescue operation. She said the body of the deceased could be taken out with the help of a machine and the injured driver was sent to the hospital. The body was sent for the post-mortem, the police said.
INAUGURATED: MLA Chunar Anurag Singh while inaugurating a road in Bharuhia village under Narainpur block on Monday appealed to village pradhans to keep the area as clean as possible in the larger interests of the people as well as the nation. The MLA accorded a warm reception by locals and the BJP workers by presenting a memento.
facility: Principal Medical College Dr RB Kamal and SIC Dr Tarun Kumar Singh jointly inaugurated the hormone test facility at the central pathology of the divisional hospital on Monday. He said the new equipment is a boon for the district and added since he had joined as the principal he felt that patients were facing problems for tests like hormone, thyroid, vitamins etc which were very costly. Therefore he approached the authorities and fortunately equipment worth Rs 45 lakh was made available. He hoped that the pathology equipped with modern facilities in which 150 tests could be done will help doctors treat the patients more effectively. Dr Parul Sachan, Dr Vivek Kumar, Dr Sachin Kishore, Dr Durgesh Singh and others were present.
ARRESTED: The Katra Kotwali police arrested an accused in a deadly attack case on Monday. Manoj Kumar Tripathi of Avas Vikas Colony under Katra Kotwali police station had lodged a named complaint on September 30 alleging that the accused had attacked him. After registering the FIR the station house officer (SHO) handed over the case to sub-inspector (S-I) Kunwar Manoj Singh and he started searching for the accused. On being tipped off by an informer, the police team raided the place and nabbed Ankit Singh of Mukeri Bazar. After completing the legal formalities the police sent the accused to jail.