Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

15 OF MP FAMILY DIE AS TRACTOR RAMS INTO SUV

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MORENA: Fifteen members of a family were killed and five others injured when a tractor allegedly laden with illegally mined sand rammed into a Bolero SUV in Morena on Thursday morning.

The tractor was on its way to Ambah town in the same district when the accident occurred at Ganjrampur village. The sandladen tractor-trolley hit the overloaded jeep carrying nearly 20 people of a family around 6am at a cross road near Ganjrampur village, Morena superinten­dent of police Amit Sanghi said. Twelve of the victims died on the spot while three others succumbed to injuries at a government hospital in Morena, he said. The victims, all from Gwalior district, were going to Ghurgan village for a condolence meeting, Sanghi said. The driver of the tractor-trolley, carrying sand mined illegally from the National Chambal Sanctuary, fled the spot after the accident, Sanghi said.

ATS arrests terror funding case accused from Pune

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested key accused in the terror funding case, Ramesh Shah, from Pune, Maharashtr­a on Tuesday. The ATS officials said Shah was brought to Lucknow on Thursday after taking his transit remand for further interrogat­ion regarding alleged money transactio­ns done by him on the behest of Pakistan

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