New Delhi (PTI): A 35-year-old man was killed, and his wife and two children were injured after a car hit their motorcycle on Vikas Marg in east Delhi, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place around 1:30 am near the Geeta Colony cut when the family was returning home from Connaught Place, they said.
According to police, a man made a call at the Shakarpur police station at 1:50 am and informed about the accident.
The caller said a few people had been shifted to the Hedgewar Hospital, while the driver of the offending vehicle had been nabbed by the passersby.
According to the preliminary inquiry, a car rammed into the bike carrying four people. All four were rushed to the Hedgewar Hospital, where Neeraj, a resident of NSA Colony in Vishwas Nagar, was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said.
Neeraj’s wife Sonam and their two children are undergoing treatment at the hospital, the officer said.
Police have taken the car driver, Sachin Gulati (45), a resident of Noida, into custody after he was nabbed by the public on the spot.
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Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
