Bus crushes seven students to death in UP

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June 11, 2018

Kannauj, Jun 11: Seven students were crushed to death and three others were critically injured after a UP Roadways bus ran over them on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near Uttar Pradesh, on Monday morning.

The students were of Khalilabad in Sant Kabir Nagar district and were going to Haridwar for an educational tour.

Police sources here said that the accident occurred near Talgram village when a few students got off the bus to transfer diesel to another bus when the speeding UP roadways bus crushed them.

Around 100 students of BTC course in Prabha Devi Degree college, Khalilabad were going to Haridwar on two buses.

The roadways bus has been seized but the driver managed to flee.

The injured students were rushed to the hospital immediately.

The deceased have been identified as Mahesh Gupta, Vijay, Mithlesh, Vishal Kumar, Abhay Prasad, Satish while one was yet to be identified.

Meanwhile, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed his grief over the death of these six BTC students and a teacher in the accident on Lucknow-Agra expressway.

The CM announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs two lakh each to the families of the deceased students and the teacher.

Besides, the injured would be given Rs 50,000 each.

Mr Adityanath has also asked the Kannauj authorities to register an FIR against the bus driver and provide all medical facilities to the injured students.

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July 20,2020

Kozhikode, Jul 20: A 17-year old boy died of head injuries while trying to protect his mother from being assaulted by his drunk father here, police said on Sunday.

The youngster suffered the fatal injury after his head hit against the door when his father shoved him at their home on Saturday. Venu, had come home in an inebriated state and picked up a quarrel with his wife and started beating her up, they said.

On seeing this, Alan tried to intervene. Though the boy was rushed to the hospital, his life could not be saved, they added. Venu was arrested and a case has been registered.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Central Crime Branch Police have nabbed 71 people involved in various crimes taking advantage of Lock-down which prevents movement of people in the street and seized stolen properties worth about Rs 1.70 crore, official said on Wednesday.

Police said that in all 56 cases were booked. In all 17,312 duplicate Sanitisers, 2000 lts of Chemicals, 18,750 fake Masks, 270 Thermometers and two cars were seized from the arrested culprits.

During the raid godowns where rice and dal meant for free distribution during lock-down were robbed and stored were also seized.

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