4 Dead, 6 injured after car crashes into night shelter

January 8, 2017

Lucknow, Jan 8: Four labourers were killed and six others were severely injured after a car crashed into a night shelter in Lucknow early this morning. The car - a Hyundai i20 - crashed into the night shelter in central Lucknow's Dalibagh area.

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The car was allegedly being driven at a high speed when it crashed into the night shelter at around 2 am. 35 labourers were sleeping inside when the accident happened.

The four labourers who died were all daily wage earners from eastern Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.

All the occupants of the car tried to escape after the accident but two of them were caught by the occupants of the night shelter and handed over the the police.

There are conflicting reports of the number of occupants in the car, however, two young occupants have been detained by the police and are being questioned. One of the young men is reportedly the son of a local politician, while the other the son of a businessman. According to police sources, there may have been three more people inside the car. All of them were allegedly drunk at the time of the incident.

The police also said that the car was being driven rashly and at a very high speed.

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32-year-old man commits suicide as he missed wife in lockdown

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April 9,2020

Gonda, Apr 9: A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room as he was missing his wife stuck at her parents' place due to the lockdown, police said.

The incident took place in Radha Kund locality here on Wednesday, they said, adding the deceased has been identified as Rakesh Soni, 32.

As per information, Soni's wife had gone to her parents' place and was stuck there due to the lockdown and he was missing her due to which he committed suicide, Inspector Alok Rao said.

A probe is on in the mater, he said.

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Man spends two days in jungle after denied entry to quarantine centre, his village

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June 7,2020

Behrampur, Jun 7: A migrant labourer spent two days in jungle after allegedly being denied entry to a quarantine centre and his village in Behrampur.

According to a local from the village, no one helped the labourer. "He came from Chennai. He went to the police and block office but no one helped. Then, he went to the jungle."

Later, the police took him to the quarantine centre.

As per the Union Health Ministry, there are 2,608 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Odisha, including 996 active cases, 1,604 recovered/discharged/migrated and 8 deaths.

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