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Woman,3 children burnt to death

LUCKNOW: A woman and her three children were burnt to death at their house in Deoria’s Khurkhundu locality Monday morning. Police said Vimla Devi (30) and children — Kinjal (5),Dharam (3) and Dhela (six months) — were sleeping when the house caught fire. Police suspect an earthen lamp kept in the house caused the fire. Vimla’s husband,Dhananjay Thakur,suffered over 80 per cent burn injuries and is admitted at BR Medical College,Gorakhpur.

10-year-old raped

in Kakori

LUCKNOW: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Kakori police station area of Lucknow. According to the police,the girl had gone to graze her cattle in an orchard near her village on Sunday evening when she was raped by an unidentified person,whom she could not identify. The victim’s mother lodged a complaint with the police on Monday morning.

Jeweller shot by

bike-borne men

LUCKNOW: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants shot a jeweller in Sarojini Nagar area Monday night. According to the police,Susheel Yadav (35) was about to return to home after closing his shop around 9.15 pm when,according to the people present there,two unidentified persons came on a motorcycle,fired at him and ran away.

Crude bomb hurled

at constables

LUCKNOW: Two motorcycle-borne men allegedly hurled a crude bomb,injuring two police constables and a home guard patrolling in Naka police station area,Monday. Police said constables Sheshnath Tiwari,Jaiprakash Saroj and Sumit Kumar,head constable Satyendra Kumar Tripathi and home guard Ranvijay Singh were at Vijay Nagar when two men threw a crude bomb. Sub-Inspector Sri Ram said an FIR has been lodged against unidentified persons for attempt to murder. ENS