UP: 6-year-old boy crushed to death under tractor in Ballia
Ballia (UP) (PTI): A six-year-old boy was killed after allegedly being crushed under a tractor while on his way to the fields with his uncle in Ballia district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Sarangpur village under the Bansdih Kotwali area of Ballia.
According to the police, Sunil Yadav was taking his nephew, Anjani, on a tractor to their fields when the child lost balance and fell off near the Sarangpur culvert.
Seeing the boy fall, the driver lost control of the tractor, causing it to overturn. Anjani got trapped under the tractor and died on the spot, police said.
Kotwali in-charge Praveen Kumar Singh said the police conducted inquest proceedings and later handed over the body to his family.
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Kundapur: Man arrested for posting offensive comment on Vartha Bharati Facebook page
Kundapur: The Kundapur police have arrested a man from Bengaluru for allegedly posting an indecent and abusive comment on the Vartha Bharati Facebook page.
The accused has been identified as Prakash S (45), a resident of Mathikere, Bengaluru.
According to the police, on March 4, 2025, around 4.30 pm, an offensive comment was posted on a Facebook story titled “Today’s Hero of the Ramadan Story: Muhammad of Mangalore”. The post was related to an interview with Muhammad, who runs a vegetable business at the Central Market in Mangaluru.
Based on the incident, a suo motu case was registered at the Kundapur Police Station under Section 353(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66(C) of the Information Technology Act, under Crime No. 31/2025.
The investigation was carried out under the guidance of Kundapur Sub-Division Deputy Superintendent of Police H.D. Kulkarni and led by Police Station Inspector Jayaram D. Gowda.
The operation team included PSI Nanjanaik N. (Law and Order), PSI Smt. Pushpa (Investigation), and staff members Santhosh, Mohan, Santhosh Devadiga, Ghanshyama, Annappa, Mahabala Shettigara, Nagashri and Gautama.
Police said the accused was arrested and produced before the court.
