Cops go into tizzy as wireless flashes Yogi fleet car missing

Jhansi, April 20: The police was thrown into a tizzy following a wireless message about “theft” of one of the vehicles in the fleet of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who arrived Jhansi. As the chief minister was meeting district officials at Vikas Bhavan, the vehicles in his fleet were parked in the adjoining compound of the circuit house.

A message was received on the wireless about “theft” of one of the vehicles, SP (city) Dinesh Singh said. A massive hunt was launched and soon after the traffic police informed that since the vehicle was parked at the wrong place and it was shifted to the allotted parking area, the

A massive hunt was launched and soon after the traffic police informed that since the vehicle was parked at the wrong place and it was shifted to the parking area

SP said, adding the wireless message was given on the information of the vehicle driver.

Mr Adityanath, who arrived here on Thursday, undertook a surprise inspection of the district hospital where he enquired about treatment and other facilities from the patients. He also inspected the Krishi Mandi at the Kanpur Road and a primary school in Takori village in Badagaon development block.

Enquiring about the midday meal given to the children in the school, he also inspected the school kitchen. This is Mr Adityanath’s first visit to Jhansi in parched Bundelkhand region of the state after assuming office almost a month ago.

Bundelkhand covers a geographical area of around 70,000 square kilometres and includes seven districts of UP and six districts of MP. In a major decision announced on April 2, the Adityanath government approved `47 crore-package to ensure immediate availability of drinking water to Bundelkhand region.