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News18
27-04-2025
- Politics
- News18
Tyres Thrown, Vehicles Collide: SP MP Ramjilal Suman's Convoy Attacked By Karni Sena In Aligarh
Last Updated: Videos of the incident shared online depict several men attacking police vans in the convoy with tyres. They hurled tyres at the vehicles. Samajwadi Party MP Ramjilal Suman's convoy was attacked by members of the Karni Sena near Khereshwar Chauraha in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Online visuals show a group targeting police vans in the convoy with tyres. Several individuals hurled tyres at the high-speed vehicles, causing them to swerve and collide. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: Karni Sena members attacked the convoy of Samajwadi Party MP Ramjilal Suman by throwing tyres at the vehicles, causing several cars in the high-speed convoy to collide and suffer damage. The incident took place near Khereshwar Chauraha on the highway — IANS (@ians_india) April 27, 2025 According to a report by ANI, the SP MP was going to Bulandshahr to meet the victims who were injured on Tuesday after an SUV ran over a group of Dalits. A woman named Sheela Devi was killed in the incident.
Scroll.in
25-04-2025
- Scroll.in
UP: 4 arrested for running over Dalit woman for objecting to rash driving in Bulandshahr
The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested four men for allegedly running their SUV over a group of Dalits, who objected to their alleged rash driving in Bulandshahr, The Indian Express reported on Friday. A woman, Sheela Devi, was killed and four others were injured in the incident, which took place on Tuesday. The Dalit family was resting outside their home when a group of men from the Thakur community drove past them, the newspaper quoted the first information report as saying. The 62-year-old woman's son, Bhupendra Kumar, told The Indian Express that the family was resting outside the home because there was no electricity and that it was 'not as if they were in the middle of the road'. Kumar said that he, his mother and three family members were sitting outside their home when a car allegedly rushed past them very close. 'The car barely missed our feet and a few of our animals that were on the road,' Kumar was quoted as saying. He said that he had shouted at the vehicle, asking the driver to drive slower, the newspaper reported. The car stopped and two men who were in the vehicle allegedly made casteist remarks at Kumar. They left following a brief argument, The Times of India reported. Six men carrying weapons returned to the site in an SUV and allegedly ran over the crowd gathered in the area, according to the FIR. 'They drove at full-speed…the car stopped after running over my mother and then it reversed in high-speed over her again,' The Indian Express quoted Kumar as having alleged. His mother died on the spot. Kumar and three of his family members were taken to hospital. On Tuesday night, the police arrested the car's driver Priyanshu Thakur and Atul Thakur. Manav Thakur and Krishna Thakur were arrested the next day. Three suspects – Tapesh Thakur, Varun Singh and Ashu – are absconding, the newspaper reported. Shanker Prasad, the Bulandshahr (city) superintendent of police, told The Times of India that the suspects have been booked under sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita pertaining to murder, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and rioting.
Indian Express
24-04-2025
- Indian Express
Bulandshahr: Four held for running over Dalit woman for objecting to rash driving
The Bulandshahr police have arrested four men for allegedly running their SUV over a group of Dalits, who objected to their driving in the area. According to police, the incident too place on Tuesday, where a woman named Sheela Devi was killed and four others were injured in the incident. The FIR lodged in Bulandshahr's Kotwali Dehat police station said that the Dalit family was resting outside their house when a group of Thakur men drove past in their car. '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, they were pushed against the house's wall,' said Bhupendra Kumar, Sheela Devi's son, to The Indian Express. Kumar explained that as he, his mother and his relatives – Puneet, Manoj and Chandni – were sitting outside, a car rushed past, barely brushing by them. 'Bhaiya, gaadi dheere se chalao,' Bhupendra recalled calling out as the car drove past. 'The car barely missed our feet and a few of our animals that were on the road,' said Bhupendra. The car would stop a few metres away before two upper-caste men got out and began hurling casteist slurs at Bhupendra before leaving. 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. On Tuesday night, police arrested Priyanshu Thakur, the car's driver, and Atul Thakur. The following day Manav Thakur and Krishna Thakur were arrested. Three suspects — Tapesh Thakur, Varun Singh and Ashu — remain absconding. The police told The Indian Express that the police are ensuring that the complainant's family is safe from threats and actions by upper-caste groups in the village. 'We are conducting checks everyday and have deployed a Quick Response Team and an Inspector in the village to ensure law and order is maintained,' said Assistant Superintendent of Police, Rijul. Bhupendra, however, maintained that he was scared for his and his family's lives. 'I'm glad the police are keeping an eye on them…but I still fear for everyone's lives. They don't see us as humans at all, they see us as worse than animals,' he said.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Time of India
Asked to slow down, car runs over Dalits, 1 dead, 5 injured
Meerut: A 62-year-old Dalit woman died and five others sustained injuries after a group of upper-caste men allegedly ran over them with an SUV following a dispute over rash driving in UP's Bulandshahr, police said on Tuesday. Videos of the incident circulated widely on social media, showing the SUV mowing down people and the attackers fleeing the scene. An FIR has been filed and officers are searching for the men, the police said Investigating officers said Sheela Devi was sitting outside her home when the SUV — a Mahindra Thar — arrived at high speed on Monday night. A villager, Bhupendra, shouted, "Brother, drive slowly," prompting Tapesh Singh and Priyanshu Singh from Sunehra village to get out of the vehicle and allegedly hurl casteist slurs. They argued with the residents before leaving. About 10 minutes later, six armed men returned in the SUV and deliberately ran over the people standing outside. "The vehicle was driven forward and backward several times with the intention of killing them," the complainant alleged. Sheela Devi died on the spot, and five others were taken to the district hospital in Bulandshahr for treatment. Bulandshahr (city) SP Shanker Prasad said, "We have registered an FIR against six men — Tapesh Kumar, his son Priyanshu, and their associates Varun Kumar, Atul Singh, Krishna Singh, and Manav Kumar — under BNS sections 103 (murder), 109 (attempt to murder), 351 (criminal intimidation), 191 (rioting), and relevant sections of the SC/ST Act. We have constituted a team to apprehend the accused, who are absconding," he said.
Fox News
17-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
At least 18 killed in stampede at New Delhi railway station in India as Hindu pilgrims travel to festival
At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India's capital of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported Sunday. Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were traveling to the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj in northern India, according to Delhi's caretaker chief minister, Atishi, who uses only one name. The stampede happened late Saturday while thousands of people were gathered at the New Delhi railway station waiting to board a train. The incident occurred after some passengers slipped and fell on others while coming down from a footbridge that connects train platforms, authorities said. Sheela Devi, who was at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital in New Delhi to collect her daughter-in-law's body, said an announcement about a change of train platforms created confusion among the passengers that led to the stampede. "The crowd went out of control and no one could control it," said Nikhil Kumar, a shopkeeper who witnessed the crowd surge. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was "distressed by the stampede." "My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured have a speedy recovery. The authorities are assisting all those who have been affected by this stampede," he said on the social platform X. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that an investigation has been ordered to find what led to the stampede. At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the six-week festival last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters.
