UP: Man, 2 cousins killed in hit-and-run in Sitapur
Sitapur (UP) (PTI): Three men were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle here on Saturday evening, police said.
The accident occurred near Basura village in the Rampur Mathura area when Golu (30) and his cousins – Kuldeep (27) and Sujit (25) – were en route to attend their uncle's wedding, they said.
According to police, the unidentified vehicle rammed into the motorcycle from behind. It caused the three riders to be thrown off the motorcycle and suffer severe head and facial injuries.
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The vehicle fled the spot after the collision. A police team reached the spot upon receiving information from locals and took the injured to the Community Health Centre in Rampur Mathura, where doctors declared them brought dead, a police officer said.
Rampur Mathura station house officer Shyamu Kanojia said the three died in the accident. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and efforts are on to trace the unidentified vehicle.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigation is in progress, he added.
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Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai passes away at 83
New Delhi (PTI): Raghu Rai, one of India's best known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.
“Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too was cured. Recently the cancer spread to his brain and then there were age related issues too,” Nitin Rai, photographer and Rai’s son, told PTI.
He is survived by wife Gurmeet, son Nitin and daughters Lagan, Avani and Purvai.
The last rites will be performed at Lodhi Crematorium at 4pm on Sunday.
