Jumbo looks for mahout's killer after mishap

May 8, 2013

Jumbo

Lucknow, May 8: The driver of a UP Roadways bus had the fright of his life when he found, to his shock and dismay, an enraged elephant looking for him after the animal’s mahout was killed after the bus knocked him down, in Jaunpur district.

The terrified driver hid below the bus seat as the angry elephant kept going round the bus for several hours and prevented any movement of the vehicle.

According to reports, the bus was on its way to Jaunpur when it hit the elephant in the early hours of Tuesday near Shahinpur village in the district. Two mahouts riding the animal were returning home after attending a wedding function in Bhandara area in the district. Wedding festivities in this region often feature elephants and horses.

The two mahouts were thrown several metres away on impact. One mahout identified as Munna Lal died on the spot while the other, Mahendra Shukla, sustained injuries. After recovering from the initial shock, the driver tried to speed away in the bus but the elephant quickly got up and blocked the way.

“The pachyderm looked very angry... he kept trumpeting and also tried to catch the driver by his trunk from the window,” eyewitnesses said. Surprisingly, the animal did not harm the passengers in the bus, though it broke the window panes and damaged the vehicle. The passengers were shouting for help, witnesses said.

Even after the driver hid below the seat, the elephant kept probing with its trunk to trace and catch him.

The injured mahout in the meantime informed the owner of the elephant, who reached there with another mahout to take the pachyderm away. “The elephant went a few metres but returned and started looking for the driver,” eyewitnesses said.

It took several hours for the owner and the new mahout to ‘persuade’ the elephant to leave the place. The animal was later chained to a tree. A team of veterinary doctors examined the elephant.

The driver and the passengers had a harrowing time and they could leave the spot after several hours.

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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: A 10-month-old girl allegedly lost her life in an accident in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area, the police said on Sunday.

"The incident took place when the baby was in the compound of the parking area at the ground floor of her residence and the driver of Mercedes Benz was reversing the car," a police official said.

The deceased was identified as Radhika, whose father Rakesh used to work as the security guard in the said residence.

The unfortunate incident occurred at around 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon following which the baby was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The owner of the said Mercedes Benz SUV is identified as Jassbir Singh who is into elevator business. At the time of the incident, his driver Akhilesh was driving the said vehicle.

"The offending vehicle has also been taken into possession and the FSL team is being summoned for inspection. Investigation in this matter is underway," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Delhi.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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July 25,2020

Tikamgarh, Jul 25: Promise of providing housing to the poor has been made by both Centre as well as State governments but a Dalit family in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh is forced to live in a toilet for the last several years.

However, the administration denied that the family is living in the toilet.

Maganlal Ahirwar, his wife and four children live in Keshavgarh Gram Panchayat of Mohangarh area of Tikamgarh district. All of them have been living in the toilet for four years. Ahirwar's wife Phula Devi said she told the authorities several times that her family didn't get house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, but no one listened. The couple even got their daughter married in the same toilet.

They even got an electricity connection and gas connection under the Ujjwala scheme.

Mohangarh tehsildar Dr. Abhijeet Singh told media persons, "I got to know about the case and have asked for the report. Maganlal Ahirwar came to the office two-three days ago and denied that he was living in the toilet with his family. He has an ancestral house in the village."

He might have lived in a toilet earlier but currently he is not living there, Dr. Singh added.

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