In a sensational broad daylight shoot-out in Bagpat, a 33-year-old woman was sprayed with bullets allegedly by her husband at Kamlanagar area, when she was on her way to court for hearing in a case on Thursday. She was fighting case of `alimony’ with her husband for last over 6-years. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were made to nab the accused.
Reports said that one Priyanka, was fighting a legal case with her husband Sanjay, to get `alimony’, so that she could bear her expenses.
On Thursday morning, she was going to local district court in connection with hearing. Her sister-in-law Meenu, was on the pillion seat of her scooty. At Kamlanagar, Priyanka was allegedly shot by some unidentified persons following which she fell on the road.
While the assailants escaped, Priyanka was rushed to near-by hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. The family members alleged that it was Sanjay who executed the murder with the help of his aides. An FIR has been registered against Sanjay and others in this connection.
Meanwhile 16 persons were also killed in separate road mishaps reported since Wednesday night. In first case reported from Bareilly, five persons were killed and three others seriously injured when the auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling rammed into a truck. The mishap occurred when the auto in a bid to overtake another vehicle crashed into a truck coming from opposite direction on Qila bridge, on Wednesday night. The victims were identified as Anand Kashyap (35), DJ, Jogendra (32), Vishal (30) and Devendra (31). Akhilesh, Kishore and Gyan Prahakar were seriously injured in the accident and have been admitted to the district hospital.
In another case reported from Muzaffarnagar, three men were killed when the bike they were riding was hit by a speeding vehicle on Charthawal-Mathura road in the district. The incident took place when the victims, Deepak (20), Ankit (16) and Balister (30), were returning to their village from Charthawal, on Wednesday night. The driver of the vehicle which hit to bike managed to escape from the spot. The bodies have been sent for postmortem and a case was registered in this regard. Meanwhile, locals blocked Charthawal-Thanabahwan road in protest against the above accident, on Thursday. However, the protest ended on assurance of the police that they will trace out the driver and arrest him.
In one more case reported from Ghazipur, six persons were killed and four others injured when the jeep they were travelling in collided head on with a truck in Saidpur area. The incident occurred when the victims were on their way to attend a funeral and their jeep collided with the truck near Jauharganj, on Wednesday night. Krishnakant Pandey, Baleshwar Pandey, Sishu Pandey,
Navneet Pandey, Baleshwar Yadav and Hitendra Yadav were killed in the mishap while the four injured have been admitted to a private hospital. Their condition is stated to be serious. The truck driver absconded after the incident. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination after registering a case.
In Jalaun, two minor girls were killed after being hit by a dumper in Rampura area. The victims Karishma (10) and Shilpi (8) were on their way to school when the dumper hit the duo killing them on the spot, on Thursday morning. Following the incident, irate locals damaged the dumper but the situation was controlled by police.