The vehicle carrying the rape accused crashed, one officer died and four people were injured

In Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, a police vehicle returning after arresting a rape accused from a neighboring state met with an accident in Gaurela Pendra Marwahi district. Police officials said on Saturday that one police officer died and four people including two constables were injured in the accident. While bringing the rape accused from Uttar Pradesh to Korba after arresting him, the police vehicle met with an accident near Khanta village under Gaurela area. They said that a sub-inspector of police Vilayat Ali (56) died in the accident and constables Narayan Kashyap, Shailendra Kanwar, driver Karamu, and assistant Gopi Kumar were injured. 

The accident occurred at around 6 am on Saturday when a dog came in front of a speeding police vehicle, and while trying to save it, the vehicle went out of control and overturned. Officials said that in this accident, sub-inspector Vilayat Ali, who was sitting in the front seat of the vehicle, died on the spot and two constables, the driver and the assistant were injured. Officials said that after getting information about the accident, a police team was sent to the spot and the bodies and the injured were sent to the hospital. They said that the police had registered a case and started investigating the case. 

Three people died in a collision between two vehicles in Bastar.

Three people were killed and three others were seriously injured when a small cargo vehicle collided with another vehicle in Bastar district late Saturday evening. Police officials said that the incident took place between Kinjoli and Rajnagar villages in the Bakawand police station area, about 30 km from Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Bastar district. Laborers from Odisha work in a field near the Bakawand development block. When about 12 people were going to Odisha in a small cargo vehicle, the rear part of the vehicle collided with another cargo vehicle and overturned between Kinjoli and Rajnagar villages. 

Police officials said, “Three workers died on the spot in this incident, while three others were seriously injured.” He said that on receiving information about the incident, a police team was dispatched to the spot and the bodies and the injured were taken to the hospital. Police officials said that the injured have been admitted to a hospital in Jagdalpur and the matter is being investigated.