Bulandshahr: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested four men for allegedly running their SUV over a group of Dalits, who objected to their rash driving in Bulandshahr.
A woman, Sheela Devi, was killed and four others were injured in the incident, which took place this week, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
According to the FIR, the Dalit family was resting outside their home when a group of men from the Thakur community drove past them.
“There was no electricity that night and we had laid out charpai right outside the house. It’s not as if they were in the middle of the road,” Bhupendra Kumar, Sheela Devi’s son, was quoted as saying by TIE.
Kumar recalled that he, his mother and three relatives were sitting outside their home when a car allegedly rushed past them very close. He said that he had asked the driver to drive slower. “The car barely missed our feet and a few of our animals that were on the road,” he added.
The car stopped and two men who were in the vehicle allegedly made casteist remarks at Kumar and then left from the spot.
According to the FIR, six armed men returned in an SUV and ran over the people gathered in the area. “They drove at full-speed; the car stopped after running over my mother and then it reversed in high-speed over her again,” alleged Bhupendra.
While Sheela Devi died on the spot, Bhupendra and his relatives were relatively unharmed and were treated in the district hospital, added the report.
Police have arrested Priyanshu Thakur, Atul Thakur, Manav Thakur, Krishna Thakur, and the car’s driver. Three suspects — Tapesh Thakur, Varun Singh and Ashu — remain absconding.
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Dubai, May 9 (PTI): The PCB's plans to conduct the remaining Pakistan Super League matches in the UAE may not succeed as the Emirates Cricket Board is "unlikely to approve" its request due to the border tensions between India and Pakistan.
A source close to the developments in the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has indicated that the Board is set to reject the request from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which has already announced that the PSL would be held in the UAE.
The source has cited "security concerns potentially emanating from the rising tension between India and Pakistan."
It is learnt that the recent developments have made the Emirates Cricket Board "vary of being perceived as an ally of PCB", which it believes the act of hosting the PSL may suggest.
"The Emirates Cricket Board has enjoyed a strong relationship with BCCI in recent years having hosted the 'India' edition of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, editions of the IPL as well as India matches during ICC Champions Trophy 2025," the source further stated.
Dubai is also the headquarter of the International Cricket Council, which is currently headed by former BCCI secretary Jay Shah.
"The UAE has a diverse South Asian population which enjoys cricket. Hosting a tournament like the PSL in the midst of such tense circumstances could vitiate harmony, pose security risks and stir unnecessary friction between communities," the source said.
The PCB said early this morning that the last eight PSL fixtures, which were previously scheduled in Rawalpindi, Multan and Lahore, will now be staged in the UAE.
Schedule of matches, outlining the dates and venues, will be shared in due course, a statement said.
On Thursday, the PCB called off a scheduled match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings at the Rawalpindi stadium.
India launched missile attacks on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir a fortnight after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.