A fire broke out in a building in Jhansi, charring an elderly couple to death on Wednesday morning.
The blaze in the four-story building housing a shop and residences probably broke out due to short-circuit.
Due to the fire, some LPG cylinders kept in the premises exploded and the blaze engulfed the entire building, trapping owner Sriram Agarwal (70) and his wife Shanti Devi (65).
While the couple died, some other family members were severely burnt and were rushed to a hospital. A team of fire fighters later doused the blaze.
A detailed probe is on in the matter.
Meanwhile in Shahjahanpur, a man died and eight women suffered injuries when a SUV they were travelling in overturned in Tilhar area on Thursday.
The nine passengers, all employees of a private chemical company, were on their way to Nainital from Lucknow when the mishap took place. The deceased was later identified as Shubhraj Sharma (25). The injured women were rushed to a nearby hospital from where they were referred to the King George’s Medical University Trauma Centre in Lucknow.
Meanwhile, a 28-year-old undertrial died at a hospital in Meerut after being taken there from Muzaffarnagar district jail in a semi-conscious state on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Muzaffarnagar district jail, Sitaram Sharma, said that inmate Akash Valmiki's health deteriorated on Wednesday night after which he was rushed to Meerut medical college hospital but the doctors there pronounced him dead upon arrival.
Valmiki was arrested for attacking and molesting a girl in Shamli on May 26.