Two killed in separate accidents at Ara

Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Ara : Malti Devi, wife of Rabindra Singh of Jaitpur village under Udwantnagar police station in Bhojpur district, killed when jpurher vehicle collided with a truck near Bihari Mill under Nawada police station, Ara, on January 17 when she was going to Patna for the treatment of her husband.

Police brought the body to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem and admitted Rabindra Singh and Manish Singh, driver of the vehicle, there but the doctor later referred Manish Singh to Patna Medical College and Hospital in precarious condition.

In another incident, a Post Graduate student Pooja Kumari, daughter of Anil Singh and niece of Central Cooperative Bank Chairman, Satyendra Singh, was crushed to death by a speeding vehicle near Mill road under Nawada police station on Tuesday when she was crossing the road near her residence. The irate residents of the area blocked the road for about three hours with the body of the deceased. They burnt tyres on the road and raised slogans against district administration. They were demanding compensation to the family of the deceased and immediate arrest of the driver. The blockade was lifted after positive assurance from police officials.