UP: Couple among three killed in Sonbhadra road accident
Sonbhadra (UP) (PTI): Three persons, including a married couple, were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Mirzapur-Robertsganj road in Karma area here, police said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred late Tuesday night near Kekrahi village here when Jai Singh, 49, and his wife Sarita Singh, 48, residents of Jaunpur, were travelling on a motorcycle and their vehicle collided with another bike coming from the opposite direction, Circle Officer Randhir Kumar Mishra said.
The couple died on the spot, while Chandu, 20, a resident of Karma who was riding on the other motorcycle along with two others, succumbed to injuries during treatment at the district hospital, the officer said.
The two other injured persons are undergoing treatment, he added.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further legal proceedings are underway, police said.
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Owaisi seeks independent probe into cleric’s death on train, calls it ‘transit-based hate crime’
New Delhi: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has written to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, requesting an independent investigation into the death of Maulana Tousif Raza Mazhari, who allegedly died after being assaulted on a train in Uttar Pradesh on April 26.
In his letter, Owaisi defined the incident as a "transit-based hate crime" and raised concerns about what he called frequent attempts to dismiss such incidents as unintentional.
According to The Observer Post, Mazhari was travelling on Train No. 04314 after attending a religious meeting in Bareilly when the incident occurred.
The Hyderabad MP also demanded financial compensation for the victim’s family and a government job on compassionate grounds for a dependent. He noted that the deceased was the sole breadwinner.
According to the family, Mazhari, an imam and madrasa teacher from Kishanganj, was allegedly assaulted by a group of passengers who accused him of theft. His wife, Tabassum Khatoon, claimed she witnessed part of the incident during a video call, in which he was seen being beaten and dragged despite identifying himself as a teacher.
Police in Bareilly said the case came to light after a body was recovered near railway tracks on April 27. The incident was initially treated as a possible accidental fall. However, following objections raised by the family, officials said further investigation is underway.
The case has drawn reactions from several opposition leaders, including Md Jawaid, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Chandrashekhar Azad. They questioned the initial police version and called for a transparent investigation.
