Tragedy hit Mathura when a dozen labourers were killed

Tragedy hit Mathura when a dozen labourers including two women were killed while eight others were seriously injured after being mowed down by a speeding vehicle at the Kotban border of the district, on early Tuesday morning. The vehicle was coming from Agra and was on way to Delhi and the incident took place under the Kosi police station.

Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav, has expressed sorrow at the death of people in the Matura accident and extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2lakh each to the families of those killed in the mishap and Rs 50,000 each to those injured. Giving this information, a state government spokesman said the chief minister has also asked district officers to ensure proper and adequate treatment facilities for the injured.

Reports said that one Vinod Fauzdar, a native of Kampil in Farukabad, had took 35 labourers including men, women and children from a brick kiln field in Aligarh area of Etah and was taking them to Hanumangarh district at Rajasthan, on Monday night. They were going on a DCM Canter (HR74A-2963). They stopped the vehicle at Kotwan in Kosi area of Mathura, after the Canter received some snag. All the labourers were sleeping inside the truck. In the wee hours of Tuesday, another speeding truck (RJ-02GG-2464)rammed into the canter resulting into 11 death on the spot while one another later succumbed to his injuries at Medical College in Agra. Those who were killed on the spot were identified as Meena (34), Roopa (19), Jitendra (20), Nahar Singh (25), Ajay Pal (45), Upendra (16), Mohar Pal (30), Anil (29), Sunil (10-months), along with Canter owner, Maqsud (35),and driver Umar (50). The identity of the victim who succumbed in hospital could not be maintained.

Meanwhile in a separate incident reported from Bareilly, a 28 year-old woman was allegedly gang raped in a moving jeep by four youths after they gave her a lift in Bareilly district on Monday night. “The woman took a lift in a jeep near satellite bus station on Pilibhit bypass under Baradari police station area last night,” Superintendent of Police (city) Rajiv Mehrotra disclosed to the media. The four youths travelling in the jeep allegedly gang-raped the woman and dumped her on the roadside this morning, the SP said adding that one of the accused has been arrested during raids and efforts were on to nab others.