Officials assure job to kin of deceased constable

ALLAHABAD: The family members of a constable, who died in Lucknow, staged protest at the Reserve Police Line here on Wednesday demanding job for the kin of the deceased.
After the senior cops assured the family members that kin of the deceased constable would be given job, the latter were pacified and returned with the body of the deceased.
As per report, constable Uday Kumar (42), a native of Pratapgarh, was suffering from jaundice.He was transferred to Allahabad from Ghazipur about two months back and posted at Police Lines.
On August 10, Uday had reportedly sought leave from his senior. But when he failed to get leave, he reportedly left for Pratapgarh without informing his seniors.
Uday's family members said he was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Allahabad but doctors had referred him to Lucknow. He died in Lucknow on Tuesday during treatment.
SSP Mohit Agarwal said Uday was ill for the past one and half years. His family members wanted to know whether Uday's the would get the job in his place since he was absent from duty, SSP added.
Suicide bid by undertrial: An under-trial identified as Ashish on Wednesday made an abortive attempt to hurt himself inside lock up located on the collectorate campus under Colonelganj police station. As per reports, he had been brought here for court hearing. Ashish was lodged at the Naini central jail for the last two years after police slapped on him cases under the Gangsters Act. Reports added that the under-trial was locked up in a room on the collectorate campus where he made an attempt to hurt himself with a blade. When cops on duty noticed it, they aborted his bid. The under-trial had also moved an application which would be heard on September 15.