Yogi seeks explanation from Prayagraj, Farrukhabad DMs

LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sought an explanation from the district magistrates of Prayagraj and Farrukhabad as a tehsil each of these districts account for the maximum number of complaints on the chief minsiter’s helpline 1076. He asked the officers concerned to also fix the accountability of the SDMs (subdivisional magistrates) of the two tehsils, namely Phulpur (Prayagraj) and Handia (Farrukhabad).

The chief minister issued these instructions at the meeting he held to review public grievances received from people at tehsils and police station areas on the helpline, said a statement from his office.

The statement also said that other tehsils from where a high number of grievances came were the Sadar tehsils of Hardoi, Gonda, Mirzapur, Shahjahanpur districts, Bidhuna (Auraiya) and Hariya (Basti). The CM asked that SDMs be made accountable and asked to redress the grievances. He also sought an explanation from the Lakhimpur Kheri superintendent of police as four police station areas accounted for a large number of complaints.

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India will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the final Test against England after the 27-year-old was released from the squad for personal reasons, the BCCI said on Saturday.

The right-arm seamer took four wickets in the opening Test in Chennai but was rested for the second match, which India won to level the series. Bumrah returned to play his first test at his home ground in Ahmedabad, where India triumphed inside two days to go 2-1 up in the fourmatch series.

“Jasprit Bumrah made a request to BCCI to be released from India’s squad ahead of the fourth Test owing to personal reasons,” the board said.

“Accordingly, the fast bowler has been released and he will not be available for selection for the fourth test,” it added.

India have decided not to add any player to cover for his absence for the final Test, also in Ahmedabad from Thursday.

Bumrah had a limited role in the third Test, where spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin wreaked havoc.

The bowler has been inside bio-secure bubble since August prior to the Indian Premier League in the UAE. After the IPL, he went to Australia, where India clinched a historic Test series win. He took 11 wickets from three matches in Australia but did not play in the seriesclinching Brisbane Test due to an abdominal strain.