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In a tragic incident, two members of a family, including a minor girl and her mother, were killed when a speeding SUV knocked them down near kokhraj petrol pump road under the limits of kokhraj police station in UP’s Kaushambi district on Tuesday morning.

A police constable, Ram Pratap Singh, posted at kokhraj police station suffered gun shot injuries when a group of four miscreants opened indiscriminate firing on a police party near Mooratganj under kokhraj police station in Kaushambi district on Tuesday.

In a major breakthrough, the Kaushambi police on Wednesday seized at least 13 stolen ashtadhatu idols worth Rs five crore and arrested four miscreants near kokhraj.

Three farmers sustained injuries after they were allegedly assaulted by a group of miscreants in village Bamrauli under the limits of kokhraj police station of Kaushambi district late on Saturday night. The incident, as per victims, took place when they were protecting their fields.

Three persons, including a security guard, sustained bullet injuries when two groups exchanged fire at Sihori toll plaza on National Highway-2 (Allahabad-Kanpur highway) under kokhraj police station of Kaushambi district on Tuesday. The injured have been admitted to two hospitals in Allahabad and condition of two persons, including the security guard, is stated to be critical.

Unidentified miscreants shot at a man in Belha Mazra village, under the limits of kokhraj police station, of Kaushambi district, on late Wednesday night, when he raised an alarm after seeing the group executing theft at his house.

A police constable was killed in an accident after he was hit by a truck at kokhraj toll plaza in Kaushambi district on Saturday.

An FIR has been lodged against former BSP minister Matesh Chandra Sonkar by Samajwadi Party MLA Vachaspati with kokhraj police in Kaushambi district on Sunday alleging that he threatened him of dire consequences.

An independent candidate contesting Sirathu bypoll assembly election, Dhirendra Kumar Saroj, went missing under mysterious circumstances on Friday. The kokhraj police initially lodged a missing complaint but converted it into a case under Section 364 of the IPC after family members suspected abduction. The family members, however, denied enmity with anyone.

At least five pilgrims were killed and five others sustained injuries when a four-wheeler carrying them rammed into a stationary truck near Kakora village under kokhraj police station of Kaushambi district on Saturday night.

A minor boy drowned at Ganga Ghat in Shahjadpur village under the kokhraj police station of Kaushambi district on Wednesday morning while two have been rescued by the local divers. The deceased has been identified as Sumit Kumar Prajapati (10), a resident of Gulamipur.