7 killed, more than 15 injured in two road accidents in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal (PTI): Seven persons were killed and more than 15 others injured in two separate road accidents in Dewas and Umaria districts of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, officials said.
In Dewas, four persons died after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw at around 4 am on a jail square on Indore-Bhopal bypass road.
A family was going towards Indore in the auto-rickshaw. A dumper truck coming from the opposite site overturned after breaking the road divider and hit the auto-rickshaw, Superintendent of Police Sampat Upadhyaya said.
A woman, her two children aged 2 and 3, who were travelling in the auto-rickshaw, and a person sitting in the truck were killed, the official said.
The woman's husband was injured and undergoing treatment, he said.
In Umaria district, three persons were killed and 15-20 others injured when a bus overturned at Ghangri overbridge in a bid to avoid hitting a motorcycle, divisional commissioner (Rewa division) Rajiv Sharma said.
The bus was carrying people to attend a programme of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at Bharola, officials said.
The injured persons were undergoing treatment, Sharma said.
Financial help will be provided to the families of the deceased and the injured persons as per government provisions, he said.
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NIA registers case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.
The move came following a directive by the Union Home Ministry in this regard, they said.
In pursuance to the home ministry's order, the anti-terror agency on Sunday registered a case, which was originally filed at Uttar Kashi police station, Bhangar division, Kolkata on Saturday, and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said in a late night statement.
"The case pertains to recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored at a spot, thereby endangering human life and property," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to launch a special drive to arrest those involved in illegal manufacturing of crude bombs in the poll-bound state, an official said.
It asserted that all cases related to the making of any such explosive would be probed by the National Investigation Agency, the official said.
The directive came after the police recovered a large number of crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second and final phase of the assembly polls in the state.
The explosives were recovered during a search at the residence of Rafikul Islam following specific inputs, the official said.
The poll panel also issued a warning to senior police officers across the state over any lapse in maintaining law and order before the April 29 polling.
The first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
A record 93.19 per cent turnout has been recorded in the first round of polling. Bhangar will vote in the second phase.
