Two persons and 40 buffaloes were killed when a container truck crashed into a mosque in Mahoba district on Monday evening. The truck was carrying 50 buffaloes, 10 of whom survived.
The two deceased were identified as truck driver Rajesh Patel and owner of buffaloes Chhote of Rahatgarh in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The mishap occurred as the speeding truck hit a concrete pillar and the driver lost control of the vehicle. A shop built next to the mosque and a house were also damaged.
After seven hours of rescue operation under the supervision of SDM and CO of Kulpahar, two people, including the driver, were taken out by dismantling the truck’s cabin. While Chhote died on the spot, Rajesh succumbed while being taken to a hospital.
In a separate incident in Rae Bareli, 36 goats were charred alive following a mysterious fire incident. According to reports, a fence was built outside the house of Ram Sajeevan Pal, a resident of Dikhtan Kheda village under Harchandpur police station area of Rae Bareli, for tying cattle. The fire broke out there on Monday night under mysterious circumstances when the villagers were asleep.
People came to know about the incident when the fire took a formidable form. They tried to extinguish the fire and also informed the firefighters.
A fire tender reached there about an hour after getting the information and doused the flames but not before the entire enclosure was reduced to ashes, killing 36 goats. Ram Sajeevan Pal said the fire led to a loss of about Rs 4 lakh. He claimed that he had no enmity with anyone.