Voter ID cards found in bag in Mumbra; Thane Cong unit seeks probe
Thane (PTI): The Thane unit of the Congress on Friday approached poll authorities after nearly 200 voter ID cards were recovered from a bag in Mumbra.
The bag was found at Ganesh Ghat during post-Ganeshotsav cleaning operations, party leader Rahul Pingle said.
A team under Congress block president Nilesh Patil rushed to the spot and found that several addresses mentioned on the voter ID cards did not exist, he said.
A Congress delegation submitted these documents to Sandeep Thorat, the Voter Registration Officer of 149 Assembly Constituency, and sought a high level probe, he added.
Efforts to contact poll authorities for a comment on the issue were in vain.
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Four of family killed as car jumps divider on highway in Gujarat's Panchmahal
Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.
The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.
Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.
Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.
The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.
They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).
