Tragedy hit Mirzapur district when five people were killed and one seriously injured when they were hit by a speeding SUV in Jigna village while they were loading flowers in a vehicle on early Monday morning.
Reports said that half a dozen people were loading flowers into a stationary Tata Magic vehicle to be taken to Allahabad when a speeding Scorpio
hit them from behind, killing three of them on the spot, and two were later pronounced dead soon after they were rushed to Mandalia hospital at the
district headquarter. One another is still fighting for his life. local police who reached the spot after getting information through district control room claimed that two people in the Scorpio were taken into custody and the SUV has been seized. The deceased have been identified as Gyan Chand (45), Dharmaraj (42),Dharmendra (30),Umashankar (30) and Gaurav, 18, all residents of Vindhyachal and Jigna hamlets of the district. A case has been registered and bodies were shifted for post-mortem examination.
In one another accident reported from Muzaffarnagar, 2 persons were killed and
2 others were injured in a mishap when the vehicle in which they were traveling collided with a roadways bus on Saharanpur highway. The incident took place late
Sunday nigh when the victims were on their way from Rohana to Deoband. Both the victims were identified as Manoj Kumar (31) and Pappu (28). The two others who were injured were shifted to a nearby hospital. A case has been registered and efforts were made to nab the roadways bus driver who escaped after the mishap.
Meanwhile in one more case also reported from Muzaffarnagar, 2 persons committed suicide by jumping before train at different places since Sunday night. According to reports, one Monu (25), jumped before a train near Resu vihar railway crossing and ended his life on Sunday night. In the second incident, 24-year-old Manish Kumar ended his life by jumping before a train in Jalabad in the wee hours of Monday. local police who rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies for post-mortem examination claimed that they were trying to ascertain the reasons which forced the victims to take extreme step and end their lives.
Meanwhile 31 students fell ill after eating dinner in Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls School in Hamirpur district on Sundaynight. Basic Education Officer Dr Indrajeet Prajapati, who has constituted 2 members committee for investigation, said in Hamirpur on Monday afternoon that ‘Rasgoola’ was in dinner after eating which students complained for stomach pain and vomiting.
Prajaati said that condition of some students got deteriorated after which they were rushed to the district hospital. He said that there are total 94 students in school and after incident occurred, parents of the victims had complained about negligence on part of the school authority. He said that action will be taken if anyone found guilty.