Madhya Pradesh BJP leader lands in row over chat messages
Ujjain: BJP Ujjain divisional organisational secretary Pradeep Joshi has been removed from his post after objectionable chat messages exchanged with a local man found their way on social media, party sources said Monday.
The objectionable chat messages between Joshi (55) and the local man (25) are doing the rounds of social media platforms for the last two days.
These messages were forwarded to the Madhya Pradesh BJP office in Bhopal by some people. Taking cognisance of the incident, the party has removed Joshi, an RSS ideologue, from his post, the sources said.
When contacted, MP BJP spokesman Rajnish Agrawal said he was unaware of any action against Joshi. MP BJP president Rakesh Singh could not be contacted despite repeated efforts.
Joshi was also not available for comments on the issue.
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Seven people, including newly-wed couple, die in road accident in UP's Bijnor
Bijnor (UP) (PTI): Seven people, including a newly-wed couple, returning from Jharkhand died while two others were injured when a car hit a tempo from behind while overtaking another vehicle, police said on Saturday.
After being hit by the car, the tempo rammed into an electric pole around 2 am on Saturday near the fire station of Dhampur on the Dehradun-Nainital Highway, Superintendent of Police Abhishek said.
The tempo passengers were thrown on the ground by the impact of the accident, he said.
Six people of the same family travelling in the tempo were killed on the spot while its driver Ajab Singh died on the way to a hospital, the SP said.
Two persons who were moving in the car have been injured, police said, adding the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem.
