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14 Killed with 6 Children Among in Road Accident in Pratapgarh UP.
A total of 14 people lost their lives after a vehicle collided with a truck on Prayagraj-Lucknow highway. All victims were returning home after attending a wedding, a police official said, adding that all help has been assured to the families of the victims.
A tragic road accident resulted in the death of 14 persons, including six children, in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district late on Thursday night after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed a truck on the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway.
The incident occurred at 11:45 PM on Thursday near Deshraj Inara village under the limits of Manikpur police station. All occupants of the Mahindra Bolero were killed in the accident.
The victims were returning to their village in Kunda after attending a wedding, police said, adding that their SUV had rammed the truck, which was parked on the side of the highway due to a punctured tire, from behind. Spot images showed the crumbled SUV being pulled out from the back of the truck.
In a video briefing on Friday morning, UP police said police officials reached the spot and recovered five dead bodies from the mangled Bolero. Later, a JCB machine was used to pull out the car from the back of the truck and the rest nine bodies were also recovered.
Out of the 14 killed, six were children in 7-15 age group and eight men, said police, adding that they are in process of registering an FIR. The dead bodies will be sent for post-mortem on Saturday morning.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the accident and has directed senior officials to reach the spot and provide all possible help to victims.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.