Aligarh,

08 May (HS): A police van carrying a prisoner to Muzaffarnagar collided with a

parked canter on Thursday in the Lodha police station area of ​​Aligarh

district of Uttar Pradesh. Five people, including a sub-inspector and three

constables, died in this accident. One policeman is injured and has been

admitted to the hospital.

Superintendent

of Police Nagar Mrigank Shekhar Pathak said that accused gangster prisoner

Gulshanwar from Firozabad district, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, was to appear

in court today. The policemen were taking him to Muzaffarnagar in a government

police van. As soon as the police van reached the Chikavati turn of the bypass

highway from Lodha area, it rammed into a parked canter from behind at around

8.15 am. In the accident, the cabin of the van was completely damaged and the

policemen and the prisoner were injured. On receiving this information, the

police station reached the spot and carried out relief and rescue operations.

All the injured in the accident in the van were taken to the medical college.

SP

City said that doctors in the hospital declared Deputy Superintendent of Police

Ramsajivan, constable Balveer, Raghuveer, driver constable Chandrapal and

prisoner Gulshanwar dead. Constable Sherpal Singh, who was seriously injured in

the accident, has been admitted to the medical college.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi