Constable among five killed in road mishap in Pratapgarh

PRAYAGRAJ: At least five persons including a constable were killed in a road mishap when the SUV carrying them rammed into a tree near Pipri Khalsa turn under Kandhai police station of Pratapgarh district late on Sunday night.
The incident, according to police, took place when the victims were returning to their Khajurani village after attending a marriage function at Kundanpur village.
The deceased identified as Sandeep Yadav (constable), Rahul Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Pappu Yadav and another deceased were residents of Khajurani village.
The deceased Sandeep Yadav was a 2013 batch constable and was posted at Chiraiya police outpost in Mau district. Ironically, the marriage fixing ceremony of Sandeep Yadav was also held on Sunday morning, and he too lost his life in the road mishap on Sunday night incident. The bodies have been sent for post mortem examination.
Additional SP ( East) Pratapgarh, Surendra P Dwivedi, said the incident took place at around 10:30 pm when a group of family members were returning after attending a marriage ceremony at Kundanpur (Patti) village to their native Khajauri village. He further added that police have been probing the incident in connection with the road mishap.
ASP also said that police had to call up the gas cutter to take out bodies from the ill-fated SUV. Locals told police that they rushed to the spot after hearing massive collision sound and did their best to rescue those in the SUV. Meanwhile, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has also expressed grief over the incident.