‘Dabangg’ UP cops found driving without helmets to

Inspector General of Law & Order R K Vishwakarma,who issued the circular on behalf of the DGP,said that a constable,who was posted at Khajni police station in Gorakhpur district,was killed in a road accident in Sarai Lakhansi police station area of Mau district last evening. The constable,who was driving a motorcycle,did not wear a helmet and died from head injuries.

Mau SP Dinesh Chandra Dubey said that constable Ashutosh Kumar Pandey (26) was on his way to his native place in Ballia district. While driving rashly he took a turn on Ballia Road when his motorcycle skidded and he was thrown towards the railing of a bridge. He suffered head injuries and died on the spot,he added.

SO of Khajni police station Shiv Bachan Singh Yadav said that Ashutosh Pandey was deployed on patrolling duty in the area when he left for his native place without intimating him or the police station. He was recruited in 2011 and belonged to Pandeypurwa village in Dubahar police station area of Ballia district,said Yadav.

Vishwakarma said that taking serious note of the constable’s death,the DGP and the ADG (Law and Order) held a meeting at the headquarters where it noted that constables,head constables and the sub-inspectors are often seen driving two-wheelers without wearing helmets.

In order to ensure that all policemen wear helmets while driving,the DGP issued the directive for all COs,SHOs,SOs and traffic inspectors to initiate penal action and slap challan on policemen found without helmets when driving,said the IG.

15 dead during celebrations

AS many as fifteen persons lost their lives in the state in various incidents related to Holi revelry.

According to police,seven youths drowned in the Ganga in Kanpur Nagar district on Wednesday. The youths,all residents of Kanpur city,had gone to take bath in the river after celebrating Holi,the police added. The seven bodies have been recovered,but the body of another person who is feared drowned in the river is yet to fished out.

Kohna station house officer Abhay Narayan Rai said all those killed were youths who had gone for a bath after Holi celebrations.

In a similar incident,three youths died in Domariyaganj police station area of Siddharth Nagar district after drowning in a pond where they had gone for a bath following Holi celebrations on Wednesday.

Domariyaganj station officer Sanjay Singh said all three deceased belonged to Agaya village of Domariyaganj area and were below the age of 20 years.

Meerut police found five persons dead inside a house in Manohanpur Colony of Hastinapur area. All of them persons had gathered to celebrate Holi on Wednesday night,the police said.

Hastinapur station officer Rajveer Sharma said prima facie it has been found that the deceased persons had consumed some poisonous substance in the night. However,details about what exactly caused their deaths will come after the postmortem reports,he said.

The government,in a statement,said as many as 5,262 persons across the state were carried by government ambulances for treatment in emergency conditions during Holi.

The statement said the maximum cases of emergency medical help came from Hardoi (153) and Lucknow (119). The number of emergency cases remains below 4,200 on usual days but because of Holi,the number shot up on Wednesday,it said.