A petty dispute over parking a motorcycle led to a clash between two groups in Mohkampur locality of Aunchha in Mainpuri leading to death of one person and injuries to several others.
The clash took place on Saturday late evening and both the parties indulged in heavy brick-batting before the police reached the spot. The injured were shifted where one the victims succumbed to his injuries.
Reports said that 27-year-old Subhash Chandra, a resident of village Umaidpur in Thana Rijor area of Etah district, came to the weekly market in Mohkampur village on the border of the police station area on Saturday evening. He parked his motorcycle in front the construction material shop of Shivam Chauhan, a resident of village Usnidha. There was a scuffle between the two over parking the motorcycle in front of the shop. Later both called their supporters and the two sides clashed and indulged in stone pelting.
Seeing the ruckus, the people of the area took shelter in nearby houses in panic. By the time the police reached the spot, people from both sides had fled.
Subhash's 50-year-old brother Rajendra Singh was injured in stone pelting. The family took him to Etah for treatment where Rajendra Singh died.
CO Kurawali Sanjay Kumar Verma said that the stone pelting took place after a dispute between the people of the two sides over removing the parked motorcycle. He said during this, one person died due to stone pelting and investigations were on in the matter.
In Muzaffarnagar, a 48-year-old farmer was electrocuted when he came in contact with a high-tension wire close to a tube well in his field, police said on Sunday. Sanjiv Kumar had gone to irrigate his field at Kadirpur village on Saturday night when the mishap took place. His body was found on Sunday. Police sent the body for autopsy.
Agitated over the incident, some farmers started a protest at Bhopa, seeking compensation for Kumar's family. The farmers were sent back home by officials with assurance of a suitable action.
In Etah, the sister of a bride was killed and 10 people were injured when gunshots were fired during a quarrel at a marriage function in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
Superintendent of Police of Etah, Udai Singh, said the incident occurred in Fardpur village under the Jasrathpur police station limits.
"An argument broke out between the family members of the bride and some villagers over applying colours. During the ruckus, someone fired a gun that resulted in the death of Sudha, 35, while 10 people were injured," he said, adding that Sudha was the bride's elder sister.
The condition of three of the injured is said to be critical.
Police have registered an FIR against some local people.
"We have also detained some suspects who are being questioned about the incident," the SP said.
In Jaunpur, a nine-year-old boy was killed and 18 others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with a container truck in Baksha police station limits of the district, police said on Sunday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Sanjay Kumar said the accident occurred on Saturday, when the members of a wedding party were returning home in the Saraikhwaja police station area. He said the container truck hit their vehicle on the Lucknow-Varanasi road. The SP (City) said there were 19 people in the vehicle, including 17 minors.
The injured passengers were taken to a hospital, where Ajay (9) was pronounced dead.