A former Congress MlA Hansraj Verma, who was now in the Bharatiya Janta Party was killed along with one another while 15 passengers were seriously injured when a bus in which they were traveling rammed into a stationary truck in Ferojabad on early Saturday morning.
Reports said that Verma, hailing from Khakhret hamlet of Marhara in Etah, who remained MlA from Nidhauli Kala in 1980, was going on a Volvo Bus (UP32DN-5603) to New Delhi from lucknow when suddenly the vehicle dashed into the truck on Tundla over-bridge, SSP Ferojabad Ashok Kumar Sharma revealed to the media persons.
Verma along with the driver of the bus Susheel succumbed to injuries on the spot. The injured were rushed to hospital with help of the locals where condition of three of them has been stated to be `critical’. Sources said that Verma was sitting just behind the driver’s seat.
Meanwhile Congress state president, Nirmal Khatri had condole the death of Verma and said that the Party had lost a great leader.
Meanwhile bodies of two lovers were also found hanging with trees under mysterious circumstances in Ferojabad. Reports said that someone informed the cops of the Sikhoabad police station that body of an unknown youth and girl were hanging with trees at Bakalpur hamlet on Saturday morning.
The cops rushed to the spot and brought down the bodies and sent them for post-mortem. They claimed that circumstantial evidences suggested that both had committed suicide. later the cops also managed to maintain identity of the victims as Shiv Prasad (26), and Aarti (25), both residents of Umriya hamlet of Dauriya in Ferojabad.
They both were working in a near-by brick kiln field and were reported to be in love which was opposed by their families. They cops said that it look that two duo ended their lives just due to above opposition by their families. Further investigations are on in this regard.