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  • Nine killed as tractor falls into drain in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur

    By PTI

    SAHARANPUR/LUCKNOW: A tractor-trolley fell right into a drain close to Redhibodki village within the Saharanpur district, leaving 9 folks useless, 4 of them youngsters, police on Thursday stated.

    The incident befell Wednesday night within the Tajpura space when a tractor carrying round 50 devotees was on its strategy to Randaul village for a non secular occasion, Superintendent of Police, City, Abhimanyu Manglik informed PTI.

    On Wednesday, police recovered 4 our bodies from the drain.

    The victims have been recognized as Sulochana, 58, Manglesh, 50, and Aditi and Arjun, each aged 5 and 12.

    Five our bodies recovered on Thursday are but to be recognized, Manglik stated.

    Several folks have been washed away as a consequence of a robust present within the river.

    A rescue operation continues to be on to retrieve one lacking individual, the SP stated.

    The spot was visited by Saharanpur District Magistrate Dr Dinesh Chand and SSP Dr Vipin Tada.

    Tada informed PTI that the villagers had been informed to not take the route however the driver disregarded the warning.

    An excavation machine has been known as in to help within the rescue work, the SSP added.

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the deaths and requested the Saharanpur administration to right away grant Rs 4 lakh every to victims’ kin, an official assertion stated.

    SAHARANPUR/LUCKNOW: A tractor-trolley fell right into a drain close to Redhibodki village within the Saharanpur district, leaving 9 folks useless, 4 of them youngsters, police on Thursday stated.

    The incident befell Wednesday night within the Tajpura space when a tractor carrying round 50 devotees was on its strategy to Randaul village for a non secular occasion, Superintendent of Police, City, Abhimanyu Manglik informed PTI.

    On Wednesday, police recovered 4 our bodies from the drain.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    The victims have been recognized as Sulochana, 58, Manglesh, 50, and Aditi and Arjun, each aged 5 and 12.

    Five our bodies recovered on Thursday are but to be recognized, Manglik stated.

    Several folks have been washed away as a consequence of a robust present within the river.

    A rescue operation continues to be on to retrieve one lacking individual, the SP stated.

    The spot was visited by Saharanpur District Magistrate Dr Dinesh Chand and SSP Dr Vipin Tada.

    Tada informed PTI that the villagers had been informed to not take the route however the driver disregarded the warning.

    An excavation machine has been known as in to help within the rescue work, the SSP added.

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the deaths and requested the Saharanpur administration to right away grant Rs 4 lakh every to victims’ kin, an official assertion stated.

  • SC seeks particulars of 183 encounters from UP govt, expresses concern over rise in instances

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: India’s prime courtroom on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to submit an affidavit detailing the trial and investigation statuses associated to the 183 encounters which have occurred within the state since 2017. The courtroom, listening to pleas in search of the structure of a fee chaired by a retired SC decide to inquire into the police custody deaths of gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on April 15, 2023, mentioned the scope of the matter prolonged past the case.

    Expressing issues over the rising cases of police encounters and custodial deaths, not solely in Uttar Pradesh but additionally in different states, a bench led by Justice SR Bhat emphasised the need of building a useful mechanism to watch the progress of investigations.

    “We require information about the accused, trial stage, and adherence to NHRC guidelines. Why these incidents occur within prison walls is a question. There appears to be a connection. We must sever this link. What is the investigation status? What charges are being pursued? This trend extends beyond one state. Clarify NHRC guidelines. Describe the state’s position and its application in other trials,” requested Justice Bhat.

    “We have commissions and Special Investigation Teams (SIT). PUCL guidelines are also at our disposal. Numerous cases have risen. Is there an established procedure? How is the prosecution progressing? We want this as a reference point. Similar incidents have occurred in other states. How have they been dealt with?” he requested.

    Justice Aravind Kumar, additionally part of the bench, requested, “How was the information obtained? This is crucial. Can a group of 5-10 guards be easily overpowered for a shooting? Is this plausible? There is likely complicity. It is not solely the leader’s fault.” 

    Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing the UP authorities, apprised the courtroom in regards to the formation of SITs and inquiry commissions, highlighting the state’s immediate response.

    Senior Advocate Siddhartha Dave, representing Atiq’s sister, mentioned, “Two commissions were established, one led by Justice Bhonsale and the other by Rajiv Lochan. These separate inquiry commissions might yield varying conclusions. Uttar Pradesh might need to clarify its alignment with NHRC guidelines.”

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    NEW DELHI: India’s prime courtroom on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to submit an affidavit detailing the trial and investigation statuses associated to the 183 encounters which have occurred within the state since 2017. The courtroom, listening to pleas in search of the structure of a fee chaired by a retired SC decide to inquire into the police custody deaths of gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on April 15, 2023, mentioned the scope of the matter prolonged past the case.

    Expressing issues over the rising cases of police encounters and custodial deaths, not solely in Uttar Pradesh but additionally in different states, a bench led by Justice SR Bhat emphasised the need of building a useful mechanism to watch the progress of investigations.

    “We require information about the accused, trial stage, and adherence to NHRC guidelines. Why these incidents occur within prison walls is a question. There appears to be a connection. We must sever this link. What is the investigation status? What charges are being pursued? This trend extends beyond one state. Clarify NHRC guidelines. Describe the state’s position and its application in other trials,” requested Justice Bhat.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “We have commissions and Special Investigation Teams (SIT). PUCL guidelines are also at our disposal. Numerous cases have risen. Is there an established procedure? How is the prosecution progressing? We want this as a reference point. Similar incidents have occurred in other states. How have they been dealt with?” he requested.

    Justice Aravind Kumar, additionally part of the bench, requested, “How was the information obtained? This is crucial. Can a group of 5-10 guards be easily overpowered for a shooting? Is this plausible? There is likely complicity. It is not solely the leader’s fault.” 

    Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing the UP authorities, apprised the courtroom in regards to the formation of SITs and inquiry commissions, highlighting the state’s immediate response.

    Senior Advocate Siddhartha Dave, representing Atiq’s sister, mentioned, “Two commissions were established, one led by Justice Bhonsale and the other by Rajiv Lochan. These separate inquiry commissions might yield varying conclusions. Uttar Pradesh might need to clarify its alignment with NHRC guidelines.”

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  • Eight arrested for assaulting Gorakhpur University VC, ransacking his workplace in UP

    By PTI

    GORAKHPUR: A day after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University VC Prof Rajesh Singh was assaulted and his workplace ransacked by a gaggle of scholars, the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested eight folks.

    “We have arrested Shakti Singh, Prince Tiwari, Shubham Govind Rao, Shivam Pandey, Alok Gupta, Rishabh Singh, Mayank Rai and Shravan Kumar Mishra,” Superintendent of Police (metropolis) Krishna Kumar mentioned.

    A case was registered beneath IPC sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 427 (mischief inflicting injury), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 308 (try to commit culpable murder), 332 (voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage public servant from his obligation), 353 (assault or felony pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), and beneath the Criminal Law Amendment Act on the idea of a grievance by varsity proctor Satyapal Singh, he mentioned.

    The police, nevertheless, didn’t specify whether or not the arrested individuals are college students, contractors or outsiders.

    According to reviews, the accused ransacked the vice chancellor’s workplace and likewise beat him up in addition to the registrar, police and administrative officers, and varsity staff on Friday.

    The heads of varied departments of the varsity condemned the incident on Saturday and demanded that stern motion be taken towards those that disturbed the peace of the varsity.

    They additionally appealed to the academics to forestall the scholars from being misled.

    In a press release issued by the varsity’s media division Friday night, it mentioned FIR has been registered towards those that had created ruckus and the scholars concerned in it have been expelled from the varsity with rapid impact.

    “Some folks, together with college students, entered forcefully within the administrative block on Friday at 11 am, they usually began creating ruckus within the premises.

    They broken window glasses, plant pots, chairs and VC’s four-wheeler, and likewise locked the VC, finance officer, registrar and proctor,” it mentioned.

    “Some external elements were trying to motivate the students in a planned conspiracy. Some contractors were also involved in the incident and they have been blacklisted. Some of the teachers were also found to be involved and action will be taken against them,” the press be aware added.

    GORAKHPUR: A day after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University VC Prof Rajesh Singh was assaulted and his workplace ransacked by a gaggle of scholars, the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested eight folks.

    “We have arrested Shakti Singh, Prince Tiwari, Shubham Govind Rao, Shivam Pandey, Alok Gupta, Rishabh Singh, Mayank Rai and Shravan Kumar Mishra,” Superintendent of Police (metropolis) Krishna Kumar mentioned.

    A case was registered beneath IPC sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 427 (mischief inflicting injury), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 308 (try to commit culpable murder), 332 (voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage public servant from his obligation), 353 (assault or felony pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), and beneath the Criminal Law Amendment Act on the idea of a grievance by varsity proctor Satyapal Singh, he mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The police, nevertheless, didn’t specify whether or not the arrested individuals are college students, contractors or outsiders.

    According to reviews, the accused ransacked the vice chancellor’s workplace and likewise beat him up in addition to the registrar, police and administrative officers, and varsity staff on Friday.

    The heads of varied departments of the varsity condemned the incident on Saturday and demanded that stern motion be taken towards those that disturbed the peace of the varsity.

    They additionally appealed to the academics to forestall the scholars from being misled.

    In a press release issued by the varsity’s media division Friday night, it mentioned FIR has been registered towards those that had created ruckus and the scholars concerned in it have been expelled from the varsity with rapid impact.

    “Some folks, together with college students, entered forcefully within the administrative block on Friday at 11 am, they usually began creating ruckus within the premises.

    They broken window glasses, plant pots, chairs and VC’s four-wheeler, and likewise locked the VC, finance officer, registrar and proctor,” it mentioned.

    “Some external elements were trying to motivate the students in a planned conspiracy. Some contractors were also involved in the incident and they have been blacklisted. Some of the teachers were also found to be involved and action will be taken against them,” the press be aware added.

  • Video of man urinating on drunk pal goes viral, two held in UP’s Sonbhadra

    By PTI

    SONBHADRA: Two folks have been arrested after a video purporting to indicate a person urinating on one other was broadly circulated on social media, police mentioned on Thursday.

    The alleged incident befell within the district’s Jugail space on July 11.

    The pair, who loved good relations, had an argument after consuming alcohol and Jawahar Patel allegedly assaulted Gulab Kol earlier than urinating on his ears, Superintendent of Police Yashveer Singh mentioned.

    As the sufferer was drunk, he didn’t realise what had occurred.

    However, somebody shot a video of the incident that was later circulated on social media, he mentioned.

    Kol has lodged a criticism on this regard and an FIR is being registered, Singh mentioned.

    Patel and his confederate have been arrested, he added.

    The incident follows the arrest of Pravesh Shukla in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly urinating on Dashmat Rawat, who belongs to a tribal neighborhood.

    SONBHADRA: Two folks have been arrested after a video purporting to indicate a person urinating on one other was broadly circulated on social media, police mentioned on Thursday.

    The alleged incident befell within the district’s Jugail space on July 11.

    The pair, who loved good relations, had an argument after consuming alcohol and Jawahar Patel allegedly assaulted Gulab Kol earlier than urinating on his ears, Superintendent of Police Yashveer Singh mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    As the sufferer was drunk, he didn’t realise what had occurred.

    However, somebody shot a video of the incident that was later circulated on social media, he mentioned.

    Kol has lodged a criticism on this regard and an FIR is being registered, Singh mentioned.

    Patel and his confederate have been arrested, he added.

    The incident follows the arrest of Pravesh Shukla in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly urinating on Dashmat Rawat, who belongs to a tribal neighborhood.

  • 14 killed as rains proceed to lash Uttar Pradesh; a number of rivers in spate 

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: As many as 14 individuals had been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh up to now 24 hours as a number of rivers crossed the hazard mark, officers right here stated.

    Owing to torrential monsoon rains that continued to lash the state on Thursday, the Ganga breached the pink mark on the Kachhla bridge within the Budaun district, a report from Central Water Commission (CWC) stated.

    The Yamuna can be flowing above the hazard stage at Mavi in Shamli, the report added.

    “A total of 14 persons have died due to rain-related incidents in the state in the past 24 hours since 6 pm on Wednesday,” the Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner stated in an announcement.

    While three individuals every died as a result of lightning at Siddharth Nagar and Shravasti, one was killed in Sultanpur when lightning struck him, the assertion stated.

    Meanwhile, 4 individuals drowned — two in Barabanki, one every in Raebareli and Hardoi.

    Three individuals — one in Saharanpur and two in Barabanki — died in different rain-related incidents, it added.

    A complete of two.31 lakh individuals in Uttar Pradesh, together with 2.27 lakh in Saharanpur district alone, have been hit by the floods to date, the assertion stated.

    In the previous 24 hours, in response to the CWC report, Sambhal was the wettest place within the state with a rainfall of 21 cm, adopted by Bijnor recording 15 cm, and Saharanpur 13 cm.

    According to the Met Office, rainfall within the state will proceed until July 18.

    LUCKNOW: As many as 14 individuals had been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh up to now 24 hours as a number of rivers crossed the hazard mark, officers right here stated.

    Owing to torrential monsoon rains that continued to lash the state on Thursday, the Ganga breached the pink mark on the Kachhla bridge within the Budaun district, a report from Central Water Commission (CWC) stated.

    The Yamuna can be flowing above the hazard stage at Mavi in Shamli, the report added.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “A total of 14 persons have died due to rain-related incidents in the state in the past 24 hours since 6 pm on Wednesday,” the Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner stated in an announcement.

    While three individuals every died as a result of lightning at Siddharth Nagar and Shravasti, one was killed in Sultanpur when lightning struck him, the assertion stated.

    Meanwhile, 4 individuals drowned — two in Barabanki, one every in Raebareli and Hardoi.

    Three individuals — one in Saharanpur and two in Barabanki — died in different rain-related incidents, it added.

    A complete of two.31 lakh individuals in Uttar Pradesh, together with 2.27 lakh in Saharanpur district alone, have been hit by the floods to date, the assertion stated.

    In the previous 24 hours, in response to the CWC report, Sambhal was the wettest place within the state with a rainfall of 21 cm, adopted by Bijnor recording 15 cm, and Saharanpur 13 cm.

    According to the Met Office, rainfall within the state will proceed until July 18.

  • Half-burnt our bodies of two ladies discovered mendacity on roadside in UP’s Budaun 

    By PTI

    BUDAUN (UP): The half-burnt our bodies of two ladies wrapped in plastic baggage had been discovered mendacity on the roadside on this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday, police stated.

    Their faces had been burnt past recognition.

    It seems that each ladies had been murdered and the our bodies deserted, they stated.

    On Tuesday night, locals at Bachi Jhajhrau village noticed the our bodies and knowledgeable the police.

    According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) OP Singh, the our bodies had been discovered on the Kakrala Nauli street.

    The age of each ladies is round 35 years.

    It seems that to cover the ladies’s identification, their faces had been burnt, our bodies wrapped in polythene and dumped on the roadside, he stated.

    The our bodies have been despatched for postmortem by a panel of docs, he stated, including that efforts are on to establish them and additional motion will likely be taken by registering a case.

    BUDAUN (UP): The half-burnt our bodies of two ladies wrapped in plastic baggage had been discovered mendacity on the roadside on this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday, police stated.

    Their faces had been burnt past recognition.

    It seems that each ladies had been murdered and the our bodies deserted, they stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On Tuesday night, locals at Bachi Jhajhrau village noticed the our bodies and knowledgeable the police.

    According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) OP Singh, the our bodies had been discovered on the Kakrala Nauli street.

    The age of each ladies is round 35 years.

    It seems that to cover the ladies’s identification, their faces had been burnt, our bodies wrapped in polythene and dumped on the roadside, he stated.

    The our bodies have been despatched for postmortem by a panel of docs, he stated, including that efforts are on to establish them and additional motion will likely be taken by registering a case.

  • UP oil dealer homicide: Senior IPS officer faces dept probe following CBI suggestion

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh authorities has arrange a departmental inquiry in opposition to Manzil Saini, an IPS officer of the 2005 batch of UP cadre, following the advice of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in a case associated to the homicide of an oil dealer Shrawan Sahu in 2017.

    Saini is at the moment on deputation in National Security Guard (NSG) because the deputy inspector basic. 

    The Central Bureau of Investigation had advisable a departmental inquiry in opposition to then Lucknow SSP in reference to the high-profile homicide case.

    Highly positioned police sources stated that Additional Director General, Intelligence, Bhagwan Swaroop, and Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, Sanjeev Tyagi, will conduct an inquiry in opposition to Saini.

    Saini was the Lucknow SSP when Shrawan Sahu, an oil mill proprietor, was murdered at Saadatganj within the outdated metropolis space on February 1, 2017. Sahu was shot lifeless whereas he was pursuing a case in opposition to felony Aquil for his function within the homicide of his (Sahu) son Ayush in 2013. The case was transferred to the CBI.

    CBI sources stated that lapses in offering safety cowl to Shrawan Sahu regardless of his repeated requests and threats from felony Aquil went unheard by Saini as Lucknow SSP.

    However, CBI sources stated that Saini in her reply had cited that the sudden switch of then district Justice of the Peace, approaching elections, lack of police drive and preparations of the Republic Day made all of them occupied.

    The pending CBI probe in opposition to Saini within the case of 2017 eclipsed her prospects for promotion in service whereas others of her batch had been made IG, police. 

    The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had directed the CBI to probe Shrawan Sahu homicide case on March 20, 2017. In May, the identical 12 months, the cost sheet was filed, and the trial is underway.

    However, Saini additionally holds the distinctive distinction of being the primary girl officer within the historical past of Uttar Pradesh to take cost because the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of state capital Lucknow in 2016. Before being posted because the SSP of Lucknow, Saini was posted in Etawah, the hometown of Samajwadi Party patriarch, the late Mulayam Singh Yadav.

    Other than her alleged inaction in Shrawan Sahu homicide case, Saini is thought to be an upright officer and had been posted in Badaun, Muzaffarnagar and Mathura. 

    IPS Saini, who was posted as DIG, NHRC, was appointed DIG, National Security Guard (NSG), below the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2021.

    Moreover, Saini is thought to have unearthed a number of high-profile circumstances, together with kidney theft racket case in Moradabad just a few months after she obtained her first posting as SP in 2008.

    LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh authorities has arrange a departmental inquiry in opposition to Manzil Saini, an IPS officer of the 2005 batch of UP cadre, following the advice of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in a case associated to the homicide of an oil dealer Shrawan Sahu in 2017.

    Saini is at the moment on deputation in National Security Guard (NSG) because the deputy inspector basic. 

    The Central Bureau of Investigation had advisable a departmental inquiry in opposition to then Lucknow SSP in reference to the high-profile homicide case.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Highly positioned police sources stated that Additional Director General, Intelligence, Bhagwan Swaroop, and Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, Sanjeev Tyagi, will conduct an inquiry in opposition to Saini.

    Saini was the Lucknow SSP when Shrawan Sahu, an oil mill proprietor, was murdered at Saadatganj within the outdated metropolis space on February 1, 2017. Sahu was shot lifeless whereas he was pursuing a case in opposition to felony Aquil for his function within the homicide of his (Sahu) son Ayush in 2013. The case was transferred to the CBI.

    CBI sources stated that lapses in offering safety cowl to Shrawan Sahu regardless of his repeated requests and threats from felony Aquil went unheard by Saini as Lucknow SSP.

    However, CBI sources stated that Saini in her reply had cited that the sudden switch of then district Justice of the Peace, approaching elections, lack of police drive and preparations of the Republic Day made all of them occupied.

    The pending CBI probe in opposition to Saini within the case of 2017 eclipsed her prospects for promotion in service whereas others of her batch had been made IG, police. 

    The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had directed the CBI to probe Shrawan Sahu homicide case on March 20, 2017. In May, the identical 12 months, the cost sheet was filed, and the trial is underway.

    However, Saini additionally holds the distinctive distinction of being the primary girl officer within the historical past of Uttar Pradesh to take cost because the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of state capital Lucknow in 2016. Before being posted because the SSP of Lucknow, Saini was posted in Etawah, the hometown of Samajwadi Party patriarch, the late Mulayam Singh Yadav.

    Other than her alleged inaction in Shrawan Sahu homicide case, Saini is thought to be an upright officer and had been posted in Badaun, Muzaffarnagar and Mathura. 

    IPS Saini, who was posted as DIG, NHRC, was appointed DIG, National Security Guard (NSG), below the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2021.

    Moreover, Saini is thought to have unearthed a number of high-profile circumstances, together with kidney theft racket case in Moradabad just a few months after she obtained her first posting as SP in 2008.

  • Violence in UP’s Bhadohi after police attempt to take away ‘illegally’ put in Ambedkar statue 

    By PTI

    BHADOHI: A bunch of individuals on Saturday pelted stones at police personnel when attempt tried to take away a statue of B R Ambedkar that was allegedly illegally put in in a single day, leaving two cops injured, a senior official stated.

    Circle Officer (CO) Bhubaneshwar Kumar Pandey stated police used “minor force” to disperse the violent crowd within the Bhadohi police station space.

    A complete of 11 individuals, together with three ladies, have been arrested on the spot, the police stated.

    Pandey stated that the Ambedkar statue was put in on a platform on Friday evening on the land designated for a pond in Mushilatpur village within the metropolis Kotwali space.

    The CO stated that on receiving a grievance, senior police and administrative officers reached the spot and requested the locals to take away the statue however they resisted.

    When the officers tried to take away the statue, the group indulged in stone pelting, forcing the police to make use of lathi-charge to disperse the protesters.

    The injured personnel have been taken to hospital, he stated.

    Tension prevailed within the space and extra police pressure has been deployed to keep up legislation and order, the CO stated, including that efforts are on to arrest the others concerned within the incident.

    Meanwhile, officers have stored the statue on the police station.

    BHADOHI: A bunch of individuals on Saturday pelted stones at police personnel when attempt tried to take away a statue of B R Ambedkar that was allegedly illegally put in in a single day, leaving two cops injured, a senior official stated.

    Circle Officer (CO) Bhubaneshwar Kumar Pandey stated police used “minor force” to disperse the violent crowd within the Bhadohi police station space.

    A complete of 11 individuals, together with three ladies, have been arrested on the spot, the police stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Pandey stated that the Ambedkar statue was put in on a platform on Friday evening on the land designated for a pond in Mushilatpur village within the metropolis Kotwali space.

    The CO stated that on receiving a grievance, senior police and administrative officers reached the spot and requested the locals to take away the statue however they resisted.

    When the officers tried to take away the statue, the group indulged in stone pelting, forcing the police to make use of lathi-charge to disperse the protesters.

    The injured personnel have been taken to hospital, he stated.

    Tension prevailed within the space and extra police pressure has been deployed to keep up legislation and order, the CO stated, including that efforts are on to arrest the others concerned within the incident.

    Meanwhile, officers have stored the statue on the police station.

  • Death toll amid warmth wave in UP’s Ballia rises to 68 with 11 extra casualties

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: The dying toll amid the warmth wave in Ballia went as much as 68 in 5 days as 11 extra sufferers admitted to the district hospital died resulting from numerous illnesses on Monday, stated officers.

    The UP well being division’s probe panel, which was despatched to the jap UP district on Sunday from the state capital Lucknow to determine the reason for deaths, inspected numerous areas on Monday.

    The deaths come amid the heatwave situations within the area. However, Ballia Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jayant Kumar stated solely two individuals died resulting from warmth stroke within the district until Sunday.

    The two-member committee comprising Director (Communicable Diseases) Dr A Okay Singh and Director (Medical Care) KN Tiwari visited the block Bansdih from the place many of the victims had been admitted to the hospital.

    The two officers additionally held contemporary inspection of the district hospital. “The arrangements at the hospital have improved. Five more air coolers have been installed in the wards,” stated Tiwari.

    Commenting on the rise within the dying toll, Tiwari stated, “It could also be a coincidence because most of them were elderly patients with co-morbid conditions.” However, the director (medical care) denied that the deaths had been attributable to warmth stroke.

    ALSO READ | 40 affected by warmth wave die at Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district hospital in three days

    “We are looking into all aspects to identify if there is any underlying common cause behind these deaths. Samples are being collected from patients and examination is underway,” he stated whereas interacting with media individuals.

    While the Chief Medical Superintendent of the Ballia District hospital was eliminated, well being officers claimed that a mean of eight individuals had been reportedly dying each day on the district hospital.

    Meanwhile, CMO Kumar stated a complete of 178 new sufferers had been admitted to the hospital within the final 24 hours, of which 11 have died. “Those who died were suffering from various ailments,” he stated.

    While declining to touch upon the reason for the deaths, the CMO claimed that the very best preparations had been made for the sufferers admitted to the hospital.

    “On the direction of senior officials, we have increased the number of air coolers and fans in the hospital,” the CMO stated, including the hospital administration has additionally elevated the variety of beds to 276 from 200 to accommodate new sufferers. Ballia, together with the complete central and jap UP, is reeling below sultry climate with temperatures reaching as much as 43.5 levels Celsius.

    LUCKNOW: The dying toll amid the warmth wave in Ballia went as much as 68 in 5 days as 11 extra sufferers admitted to the district hospital died resulting from numerous illnesses on Monday, stated officers.

    The UP well being division’s probe panel, which was despatched to the jap UP district on Sunday from the state capital Lucknow to determine the reason for deaths, inspected numerous areas on Monday.

    The deaths come amid the heatwave situations within the area. However, Ballia Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jayant Kumar stated solely two individuals died resulting from warmth stroke within the district until Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-1687167573941-0’); );

    The two-member committee comprising Director (Communicable Diseases) Dr A Okay Singh and Director (Medical Care) KN Tiwari visited the block Bansdih from the place many of the victims had been admitted to the hospital.

    The two officers additionally held contemporary inspection of the district hospital. “The arrangements at the hospital have improved. Five more air coolers have been installed in the wards,” stated Tiwari.

    Commenting on the rise within the dying toll, Tiwari stated, “It could also be a coincidence because most of them were elderly patients with co-morbid conditions.” However, the director (medical care) denied that the deaths had been attributable to warmth stroke.

    ALSO READ | 40 affected by warmth wave die at Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district hospital in three days

    “We are looking into all aspects to identify if there is any underlying common cause behind these deaths. Samples are being collected from patients and examination is underway,” he stated whereas interacting with media individuals.

    While the Chief Medical Superintendent of the Ballia District hospital was eliminated, well being officers claimed that a mean of eight individuals had been reportedly dying each day on the district hospital.

    Meanwhile, CMO Kumar stated a complete of 178 new sufferers had been admitted to the hospital within the final 24 hours, of which 11 have died. “Those who died were suffering from various ailments,” he stated.

    While declining to touch upon the reason for the deaths, the CMO claimed that the very best preparations had been made for the sufferers admitted to the hospital.

    “On the direction of senior officials, we have increased the number of air coolers and fans in the hospital,” the CMO stated, including the hospital administration has additionally elevated the variety of beds to 276 from 200 to accommodate new sufferers. Ballia, together with the complete central and jap UP, is reeling below sultry climate with temperatures reaching as much as 43.5 levels Celsius.

  • IPS officer indicted for demanding Rs 20 lakh bribe to let rape accused off the hook

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: IPS officer Aniruddh Kumar Singh has been indicted for demanding Rs 20 lakh as bribe from the supervisor of a college to let him off the hook in a rape case.

    A probe had been ordered after the police officer, who was then posted in Varanasi, was seen demanding Rs 20 lakh as bribe from the rape accused in a video.

    The video of Singh demanding the bribe went viral on March 12 when he was posted in Meerut as Additional Superintendent of Police (Meerut Rural). Taking cognisance of the viral video, the then DGP DS Chauhan ordered a probe to be carried out by the then Varanasi police commissioner Mutha Ashok Jain who entrusted the probe to DIG Santosh Kumar. The probe report was handed over to the DGP’s workplace on May 30.

    Initially, Singh had maintained that he himself had obtained the video shot to entice the accused. However, after the probe, the declare of Singh remained unsubstantiated.

    Principal Secretary, (Home), Sanjay Prasad, stated that prima facie the probe carried out had discovered advantage within the case following which assent was given for additional departmental proceedings in opposition to the IPS officer.

    The officer had allegedly talked about within the normal diary that he had needed to entice the accused within the rape case two days later.

    LUCKNOW: IPS officer Aniruddh Kumar Singh has been indicted for demanding Rs 20 lakh as bribe from the supervisor of a college to let him off the hook in a rape case.

    A probe had been ordered after the police officer, who was then posted in Varanasi, was seen demanding Rs 20 lakh as bribe from the rape accused in a video.

    The video of Singh demanding the bribe went viral on March 12 when he was posted in Meerut as Additional Superintendent of Police (Meerut Rural). Taking cognisance of the viral video, the then DGP DS Chauhan ordered a probe to be carried out by the then Varanasi police commissioner Mutha Ashok Jain who entrusted the probe to DIG Santosh Kumar. The probe report was handed over to the DGP’s workplace on May 30.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Initially, Singh had maintained that he himself had obtained the video shot to entice the accused. However, after the probe, the declare of Singh remained unsubstantiated.

    Principal Secretary, (Home), Sanjay Prasad, stated that prima facie the probe carried out had discovered advantage within the case following which assent was given for additional departmental proceedings in opposition to the IPS officer.

    The officer had allegedly talked about within the normal diary that he had needed to entice the accused within the rape case two days later.