In a shocking incident in Hapur, two brothers suffocated to death after inhaling poisonous gas and later their sister also tried to end her life in depression while in a separate incident in Barabanki, four persons, including two scribes, were killed in a road accident.
In Hapur, two real brothers died of suffocation in a room of a sheet printing factory in Pilkhuwa, a handloom town of Hapur district.
Disturbed by the information of losing both her brothers, the sister of the victims hanged herself to end her life. She was rushed to a hospital where her condition remains critical.
Reports said that both the brothers, 22-year-old Naved and 24-year-old Aslam, had gone to get sheets chemically washed in the sheet printing factory located in Mohalla New Arya Nagar of Pilkhuwa on Wednesday.
When they reached the room to get the drying sheets, they fell unconscious allegedly due to leakage of some poisonous gas. When they did not come out of the room for a long time, the other employees went to the room and saw both lying dead.
The deceased were natives of Chittauda in Garh, and were living in Shivaji Nagar of Pilkhuwa for the last 10 years.
According to information received, chemicals are used in the factory to make the colours fast on the sheets. The sheets are kept in a closed room for the colours to dry. As the door was closed. poisonous gas emanating from the films had filled the room.
Police later sent the bodies for post-mortem.
Meanwhile, when the news of the death of Naved and Aslam reached their
Sister, she also tried to commit suicide by hanging herself. She was admitted to the hospital in a serious condition.
While the police are investigating the matter, DSP Pilkhua Dr Tejveer Singh said the bodies were sent for post-mortem and police were making investigations to initiate legal action against the factory owner.
In Barabanki, four people, including two journalists, were killed when a car collided with a mud-laden dumper near Hathi ka Purwa village on Purvanchal Expressway under Loniktra police station area of Barabanki district.
Police said the accident took place on Wednesday night and three people were killed on the spot while the fourth person succumbed to his injuries at KGMU Trauma Centre in Lucknow.
All the people in the car were residents of Pratapgarh district and were on their way to Lucknow.
Inspector-in-Charge Vishwanath Yadav said that the speeding car collided with the dumper near the village. On getting information, the local people reached the spot and took out all the occupants in the car and took them to Haidergarh community health centre, where the doctors pronounced three people dead.
The fourth person was referred to the KGMU Trauma Centre in Lucknow, where he also died during treatment.
The deceased were identified as Irshad Khan (30), Abubakar Raine (32), Lukman Raine (33) and Imran (25).
In Bijnor, the motorcycle rider died in an accident on the Bijnor-Noorpur road while a youth died when his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trolley parked on Mandawar Chandak Marg.
Police sent the bodies for post-mortem.
According to reports, a motorcycle slipped uncontrollably on Nurpur Road in Kotwali Nagar city police station area, killing the rider Sanjeev of Maujampur area under Harvansh police station. Police reached the spot on getting information and sent the body for post-mortem.
On the other hand, another motorcycle rammed into a tractor-trolley parked near Ranipur village on Chandak-Mandawar road.
In this incident, the motorcycle rider, Ravindra Rathi of Aanchal village in Raipur Berisal under the Mandawar police station of Bijnor, was injured. Police sent Ravindra to the hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.