Activists of girl student outfit booked over pro-Palestine demonstration
Kannur (Kerala) (PTI): Thirty activists of a girl student outfit were booked for conducting an unauthorised demonstration raising pro-Palestine slogans through an ecologically sensitive area, police said on Saturday.
Pazhayangadi police here registered the case against Afra Shihab and 29 other activists of the Girls Islamic Organisation (GIO) for carrying out the demonstration at Madayipara here without seeking prior permission.
Police launched an investigation and registered a case on its own after the visuals of the pro-Palestine demonstration, carrying flags and banners through that fragile area on Friday, circulated in social media platforms, sources said.
Madayipara is an ecologically sensitive hillock located in this northern district.
According to the FIR, the protesters gathered in the area and carried out the demonstration, raising pro-Palestine slogans with the intention of creating tension in the society.
The case was registered against Shihab and 29 other identifiable persons under BNS Sections 189 (2) and 190 (unlawful assembly), 191 (2) (rioting) and 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), it said.
Girls Islamic Organisation (GIO) is a student organisation of Muslim girls.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
