UP: Three killed as car plunges into canal in Kanpur
Kanpur (UP) (PTI): Three people, including two brothers, died and another was critically injured when their car veered off the road and fell into the Ramganga canal in Kanpur Dehat district on Friday, police said.
The accident occurred around 3.30 pm near Hari Niwada village. The vehicle, a Swift carrying four people, spun out of control before plunging into the canal.
The deceased have been identified as Rakesh Srivastava (54), a businessman, his brother Radhesh (42) and their driver, Kariya alias Munnu. All three were residents of Gonda district. Rakesh's son Abhishek (26) sustained serious injuries and was admitted to a hospital in Kanpur.
According to the police, the family was returning from a function when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle due to overspeeding.
The incident was witnessed by Block Education Officer Ajab Singh, who was driving behind the car. He alerted locals and passersby, who jumped into the canal and broke the rear window of the submerged vehicle to pull out the occupants.
All four were taken to the Community Health Centre in Rasoolabad, where doctors declared three of them brought dead.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Dehat) Rajesh Pandey said the rescue operation was carried out with the help of locals. The car was later retrieved from the canal using a crane.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further legal formalities are underway, the officer added.
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Telangana CM urges Amit Shah to increase sanctioned strength of IPS officers in state
Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday night and urged him to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state in view of its growing administrative and security needs.
The two leaders also discussed the recent surrender of several senior Maoist leaders before the Telangana Police and other issues.
"During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the issue of Maoist surrenders and their rehabilitation. The chief minister informed Shah that significant improvements in policing have taken place in Telangana over the past two years," an official release here said.
Highlighting that 591 Maoists have laid down their arms and joined the mainstream of society during this period, the chief minister said the state government was providing them compensation and rehabilitation assistance as per the rules.
He requested the Union home minister to extend financial support from the central government for development works in the backward regions of the state.
Reddy also urged Shah to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state from 83 to 105 in line with the state's growing administrative and security needs, the statement said.
The first cadre review after the formation of Telangana was conducted in 2016, while the next review, due in 2021, was delayed and finally carried out in 2025. Even then, only seven additional IPS officers were allocated to the state, the chief minister informed Shah and requested that the third cadre review be conducted in 2026 as per the schedule.
Reddy explained that Telangana, like the rest of the country, is facing several modern challenges, including cybercrime, drug trafficking, white-collar crimes, and other emerging security threats.
He highlighted the reorganisation of the Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri Police Commissionerates, the proposed formation of the Future City Commissionerate and the rapidly growing population in Hyderabad to underline the increasing administrative requirements of the state.
