Police constable, 26, killed in encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha
LUCKNOW: Constable Harsh Chaudhary, 26, was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha Sunday night. He died of bullet injuries after a gunfight with a criminal, the police told NDTV. Harsh Chaudhury has joined the police force in 2016.
"Around 7 to 8 pm last evening, a police team went after a wanted criminal after receiving specific information in Amroha's Bachhraon area. He had 19 criminal cases against him. When police asked him to surrender he fired at the police party in which one of our constables Harsh Chaudhary was injured. He was immediately taken to the hospital where he died during the treatment, senior police officer Anand Kumar told NDTV.
The criminal, Shivavtar was also shot in retaliatory fire. He died at the hospital.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced compensation of Rs. 40 lakh to the wife and Rs.10 lakh for the parents of Harsh Chaudhary. In addition, a government job will also be given to one of his family members.
courtesy : ndtv.com
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
