UP: Woman, her daughter hit by train while crossing railway track in Kaushambi
Kaushambi (UP) (PTI): A woman and her minor daughter were killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway track at Sirathu railway station here on Sunday, police said.
Bano (32) and her six-year-old daughter Hamira were on their way to Kanpur to attend a family function.
Around 8 am, while they were crossing the railway track to catch a train, they were hit by a Prayagraj-Kanpur express train on the Delhi-Howrah rail line, resulting in their death on the spot, they said.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) outpost in-charge Bharwari Prashant Mishra said that on receiving information about the incident, RPF personnel rushed to the spot, identified the bodies and informed the family members. They were residents of Gauspur Navanwa village.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem after legal formalities were completed in the presence of relatives, he added.
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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.
