Varanasi: One person was shot at by rivals in a dispute over a temple land in Khojwa area under Bhelupur police station of the district on Sunday night.
Additional deputy police commissioner Vikas Chandra Tripathi on Monday said, “Two accused, Atar Singh and Raj Bahadur, had been arrested by police and a licenced pistol was also seized from them. Process for cancellation of the arms licence of Atar Singh is also being initiated. The incident occurred in the dispute of temple land.”
A Santoshi Mata temple, which is looked after by a trust, is situated in Shaktinagar of Khojwa locality under Bhelupur police station. Atar Singh and Rajbahadur are trustees and they had an old dispute with temple priest Ramakant Pathak on the issue of property on which the temple exists, said police.
Noida: Atar Singh, a farmer in his 50s at Roza Jalalpur in Greater Noida, lost both his sons, aged 24 and 22, on May 9. The two youths had Covid-19 symptoms and had complained of breathing difficulties.
People in several villages of Gautam Budh Nagar have been reporting fever, followed by the onset of breathing difficulties. Residents of half a dozen villages TOI spoke to claimed there had been more than several deaths over the past 10 days of people who showed Covid-like symptoms. There is, however, no official data on this.
The tragedy that struck Singh’s family has left Roza Jalalpur in shock. Singh’s elder son Deepak’s health began deteriorating on the intervening night of May 8 (Saturday) and 9 (Sunday). He couldn’t breathe and his oxygen saturation levels kept falling. The family was unable to find a ventilator in Greater Noida hospitals. Deepak passed away around 10am on Sunday.
Visuals from Jalalpur village. (Photo/ ANI)
UP s Jalalpur village witnesses 18 deaths in last 14 days, residents accuse administration of negligence ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 23:11 IST
By Gaurav Arora
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): As many as 18 COVID-related deaths have occurred in Jalalpur village in Uttar Pradesh s Ambedkar Nagar district in the last 14 days.
A local leader Virendra Singh Bhati told ANI, More than 18 people have died in the last 14 days. The first death occurred on April 28.
According to Bhati whoever died first got a fever, after which their oxygen level started falling. Because of this, there is panic in the villages of Greater Noida, he said.
Man returns home after cremating son to find body of second as Noida village sees 18 deaths in 14 da
Man returns home after cremating son to find body of second as Noida village sees 18 deaths in 14 days
Panic has gripped a village in Greater Noida after the death of 18 people in two weeks. On Tuesday, a man returned home after cremating his son only to find the body of his second child.
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As India battles a devastating second wave of Covid-19, heart-breaking stories of loss and grief have been coming in. One such instance has been reported from Jalalpur village in Greater Noida West as the deadly disease spreads its tentacles in rural areas.
Covid-19 in India: Elderly couple lose both sons to virus
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FILE PHOTO: A man runs past the burning funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Villagers told India Today that 18 people including six women have died over the past few days.
As Covid-19 spreads across rural India, it continues to devastate the lives of the poor, many of who are shattered by its ferocity.
One such incident relates to Atar Singh, living in Jalalpur village on the outskirts of Greater Noida. Cremating his son Pankaj, he returned home on Tuesday, only to find his other son, Deepak, also a victim of the deadly disease.