In brief

Ghagra breach: 5 engineers suspended

LUCKNOW: The state government has suspended five engineers,including chief engineer D N Singh,after a breach in the embankment along Ghagra near Charsari village in Barabanki district led to flooding. Singh was posted at Saryu Project-1 Faizabad. Other four engineers were also from Irrigation Department. They are Superintendent Engineer Devaki Nandan,Executive Engineer AK Rai,Assistant Engineer Kailash Nath Mishra and Junior Engineer O P Upadhyay. They were posted at flood division in Gonda. According to press-release issued by the Information and Public Relations Department,the engineers were suspended on the charges of negligence in construction of the embankment,negligence in flood control work and insensitive to the protection of the embankment.

Rs 14 lakh looted from bank staff

LUCKNOW: Two motorcycle-borne men looted Rs 14.20 lakh from Punjab National Bank employees in Indira Nagar under Ghazipur police station on Tuesday. The incident took place around 2.40 pm when Radhe Shyam Katiyar,the bank’s deputy manager,and VK Sinha,head cashier,along with Ramesh Yadav,an employee,were carrying the money to a van outside the branch. The van was to carry the money to an ATM. “Prima facie,the incident seems to have happened because of the negligence of bank officials,” said Anand Kulkarni,Circle Officer of Gomti Nagar.