UP: Four MBBS interns killed as car hits parked truck in Amroha; CM condoles deaths
Amroha (UP) (PTI): Four MBBS interns were killed when their car crashed into a parked truck on National Highway 9 in Amroha district, police said on Thursday.
According to officials, the accident occurred on Wednesday night near Atrasi village in the Rajabpur police station area, about seven kilometres from Sri Venkateswara University in Gajraula.
The victims were returning from a party in a sedan car when the driver allegedly lost control and crashed from behind into the stationary truck loaded with foam mattresses.
The front portion of the car was crushed by the impact and became lodged under the truck.
Eyewitnesses told police that a tractor had to be used to pull the mangled vehicle apart before the bodies could be retrieved after cutting through the wreckage.
Rajabpur Station Officer Komal Tomar said all four deceased, Arnab Chakraborty of Kolkata, Aayush Sharma of Delhi, Shrestha Pancholi of Delhi, and Saptarishi of Tripura, were interns at Venkateshwara University.
"They died on the spot, and the bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination," he said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences to the families.
According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office, Adityanath directed officials to reach the spot immediately, speed up relief measures, and ensure proper medical treatment for the injured, if any.
Police said further investigation and legal proceedings are underway.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
