Half a dozen people were killed and four were seriously injured in a road accident in Azim Nagar police station area of Rampur district on Friday.
Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said that an Innova coming at a high speed from Moradabad went out of control in the Azim Nagar police station area and first collided with an electric pole and then hit a tree.
He said that there were 11 people in the car. While six people died on the spot, the condition of four people, shifted to district hospital, is said to be critical. The victims, residents of Moradabad district, were coming to Rampur to attend a wedding ceremony.
According to the police, all the occupants of the car are residents of Rahata Mafi village in Thana Dilari area of Moradabad.
Police said the dead included Vineet (30), Rajesh (45), Rishabh (28), Akash Saxena (29), Vivek Chauhan (20), Saurabh (31).
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for post-mortem.
In another accident, two people were killed and four others were injured when a car hit a motorcycle and overturned near Paranipur turn of Thana Udaipur area of Pratapgarh, about 50 km from the district headquarters.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Rahul Mishra said that Shailesh Kori (20), his mother-in-law Nirmala Devi (55) were going to their home on a motorcycle on Thursday evening. A car coming from Rae Bareli side near Paranipur turn on Atheha Parsadepur road overturned in a ditch after hitting his motorcycle.
He said that Shailesh Kori and his mother-in-law Nirmala Devi died on the spot due to the collision. The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
Four people including Ajay and his sister Rinki Nirmal and car drivers Brijendra and Sunil, who were waiting for the bus, were injured, he said. The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors have referred them to the medical college. The police have taken the car driver into custody after finding him to be under the influence of alcohol.
In another incident, a youth from Bihar drowned while bathing in the river Ganga at Vindhyachal Dham in Mirzapur on Friday morning.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Verma said that Divyanshu (17), a resident of Bihar, drowned in the Ganga on Friday, while one of his cousins was rescued. The family had come from Bihar to perform the mundan ceremony when the incident took place.
In Mathura, a woman was hacked to death by her paramour. The accused killed her late Thursday night and fled the scene of crime.
Reports said that Dolly, hailing from Agra, had left her husband after 11-years of marriage and come to Mathura to live with her lover Pappu in Shiv Nagar area on Vrindavan Marg. Dolly also had two children from her first marriage whom she brought with her to Mathura.
Late Thursday night, Dolly and her lover Pappu had some dispute after which he hacked her to death and escaped. When her children started crying, the neighbours came and found the woman dead, and called the police.
In-charge of the Birla Mandir police outpost Sanjay Kumar Pandey along with Sub-Inspector Mahendra Pal reached the spot. They sent the body for post-mortem and on the statement of Dolly’s children that Pappu killed their mother, the cops launched a hunt for the accused.