One killed, 9 injured as school bus overturns, falls into pit in UP
Gorakhpur (PTI): A man was killed and nine people were injured after a school bus overturned and fell into a 10-foot-deep pit here on Sunday as the bus driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid hitting a cyclist, police said.
The cyclist, Tilakdhari (50), died and the bus driver, Dharmendra Yadav (28), were critically injured. Eight students were also injured in the accident that occurred in Bhainsa Dhoda village under Khorabar police station area, they said.
The bus, which was carrying 62 passengers, including students and teachers, was going from Deoria to Gorakhpur. The students were going to visit the Gorakhnath temple, planetarium and other places, said school manager Shekhar Vishwakarma, who reached the spot.
Police personnel from Khorabar station and Ramnagar Karjaha post reached the spot on hearing of the accident and rushed the injured to the hospital, the police said.
The driver and two children, Aziz Ahmad (12) and Aditya Yadav (12), have been referred to the BRD Medical College here for treatment, they added.
Superintendent of Police (City) KK Vishnoi said that the body of the cyclist has been sent for a post-mortem examination.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
