Teen found murdered on railway track in UP's Saharanpur; five booked
Saharanpur (UP) (PTI): A 14-year-old boy was allegedly murdered and his body, stuffed in a sack, was found dumped on a railway track in Deoband area here, police said on Thursday.
The incident came to light after a loco pilot spotted the sack on the tracks and alerted railway officials and the police.
SP (Rural) Sagar Jain said the Deoband police received information regarding the body on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Mayank, a resident of Mohammadpur Alipura village. He was a Class 9 student at a local inter college.
The victim's family alleged that he was called out of his house around 1.30 am. They claimed he was assaulted and stabbed to death before his body was abandoned on the tracks.
The teen's father has lodged a complaint naming five people, including a local couple and their two children.
SP Jain said Mayank was acquainted with a girl from Meghrajpur village. The family alleged that the girl's relatives lured the boy out of his home and killed him.
Based on the complaint, a case has been registered against the five people and CCTV footage from the area is being examined, the officer said.
Two persons have been taken into custody for questioning. We are probing the matter from all angles, he added.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
