Kanwariyas torch truck in Bareilly

  • | Saturday | 11th August, 2018

""On the complaint of the kanwariyas, we have lodged an FIR against the truck driver, Pramod Kumar, who is under treatment after he was beaten by the devotees. BAREILLY: After a truck collided with a minitruck carrying kanwariyas , angry pilgrims vandalized the vehicle and torched it in Ghatpuri village under the Binawar police station of Badaun on Friday.They also blocked the Bareilly-Badaun highway for half an hour. After 40 minutes, traffic had resumed on the route.Police got the injured kanwariyas admitted to hospital.A few kanwariyas went to Bareilly for treatment while the rest were admitted to a Badaun hospital.There is no tension in the area. We have received no complaint from the driver," said Ajay Sharma, sub-inspector, Binawar police station. The situation was controlled after heavy police force reached the spot.Interestingly, while police on Friday booked the truck driver for rash driving, no action has been taken against the pilgrims.According to police, more than 30 kanwariyas from Bareilly 's Quila locality were on their way to Badaun's Kachhla Ghat to collect Ganga water on a minitruck, out of which 18 were injured.Badaun senior superintendent of police Ashok Kumar said, "Police had immediately reached and controlled the situation.

BAREILLY: After a truck collided with a minitruck carrying kanwariyas , angry pilgrims vandalized the vehicle and torched it in Ghatpuri village under the Binawar police station of Badaun on Friday.They also blocked the Bareilly-Badaun highway for half an hour. The situation was controlled after heavy police force reached the spot.Interestingly, while police on Friday booked the truck driver for rash driving, no action has been taken against the pilgrims.According to police, more than 30 kanwariyas from Bareilly 's Quila locality were on their way to Badaun's Kachhla Ghat to collect Ganga water on a minitruck, out of which 18 were injured.Badaun senior superintendent of police Ashok Kumar said, "Police had immediately reached and controlled the situation. After 40 minutes, traffic had resumed on the route.Police got the injured kanwariyas admitted to hospital.A few kanwariyas went to Bareilly for treatment while the rest were admitted to a Badaun hospital.There is no tension in the area.""On the complaint of the kanwariyas, we have lodged an FIR against the truck driver, Pramod Kumar, who is under treatment after he was beaten by the devotees. We have received no complaint from the driver," said Ajay Sharma, sub-inspector, Binawar police station.

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