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Gonda (UP), Sep 20: Four people were killed and eight others suffered injuries in a road accident in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

A mini-truck and a jeep collided head on and crushed a motorcycle in the accident late Wednesday night near Belmathar village in the Paraspur police station area.

Superintendent of Police Lallan Singh said Mannu (55) and Sheru (22), who were on the motorcycle, jeep driver Goldie (32) and a woman, Saraswati Singh (46), were killed in the accident.

The injured have been admitted to the district hospital.
 (PTI)

Lucknow, Jun 7: Taking note of alleged irregularities in wheat purchase and distribution of food grains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today suspended the district magistrates of Fatehpur and Gonda.
"DM Fatehpur Prashant Kumar and DM Gonda JB Singh have been suspended by the chief minister after he took serious note of irregularities," an official spokesman said here.
"In Fatehpur, irregularities were found in wheat purchase. Fixing responsibility at senior level, the chief minister has ordered suspension of the DM. On May 31, during an inspection by the food department, no wheat purchase was found from May 13 till date and there was no reason mentioned for it," he said.
Lodging of FIRs was ordered by the Food Commissioner yesterday against a number of officials of the department in Fatehpur for not distributing token to farmers for wheat purchase and affecting the process.
In Gonda, irregularities were found in distribution of food grains and the DM's supervision and control was found to be lax, due to which he was suspended, the spokesman said.
Besides the DM, district supply officer Rajiv Kumar and district food marketing officer Ajay Vikram Singh have also been suspended and orders have been issued to register FIR in the entire matter, the spokesman added.
 (PTI)


Gonda, Jan 6: A woman alleged that her husband left her by giving her talaq over phone from Mumbai to get rid of their specially challenged daughter.
Police sources said here on Saturday that Mubaraq Ali, a native of Chadauva village, had married with Shakina Bano of Balhari village 17 years ago. Presently, Mubaraq lives in Mumbai and his wife was staying at her father’s house with their specially challenged daughter Karishma.
Shakina alleged that when she asked for the money for her 14-year-old daughter’s treatment, Mubaraq gave her talaq on phone from Mumbai on November 14.
Police has registered a case against Mubaraq on complaint of Shakina and started investigations. UNI