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India Today
12-06-2025
- India Today
UP: After Sambhal and Bahraich, Barabanki imposes ban on Syed Shaqeel Baba fair
The annual four-day Urs at the revered shrine of Syed Shakeel Baba in Phoolpur village, Surajganj (Barabanki) in Uttar Pradesh, which has been held every year since the past 75 years from June 10, has been cancelled this year. Authorities cited law and order concerns as the reason behind the decision, following last year's violent clash between two groups during the event. The police administration denied permission for the religious gathering, fearing a repeat of the unrest. advertisementAccording to Additional Superintendent of Police Vikas Chandra Tripathi, the previous year's incident involved a brawl between shopkeepers and members of the public, leading to the registration of an FIR. In light of this, a detailed police report was submitted to the district administration, recommending against granting Magistrate Viveksheel acted on the police report and formally denied approval to the organising committee. The fair and Urs have traditionally drawn large crowds, but this year, precautionary measures have taken is not the first instance of such restrictions. Earlier, the administration had also halted the annual Urs at the Dargah of Syed Salar Sahu Ghazi in Satrikh, Barabanki and similar actions were taken in Bahraich and Sambhal, where Salar Ghazi fairs were barred citing public safety Watch
Hindustan Times
02-06-2025
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
4 killed, 3 hurt in truck-car collision on Lko-Bahraich highway
Three members of a Gonda-based family and their car driver died after a head-on collision with a truck on the Lucknow-Bahraich highway early Monday morning. The accident occurred around 5:30 am near Rampur police station limits in Barabanki district, severely disrupting traffic on the route, police said. Barabanki additional superintendent of police (ASP) Vikas Chandra Tripathi said the deceased were identified as Sudhir Maurya, 35, a property dealer; his wife Shanti Maurya, who ran a cosmetics shop in Gonda; her brother-in-law Rama Shankar Kushwaha, 38; and the car driver Ayan Qureshi, 23. Three other family members sustained critical injuries in the accident. The injured, Sudhir's sister Pooja Kushwaha, 36, and her children Aaksh, 9, and Aanvi, 5, were rushed to the trauma centre of King George Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow, where they are undergoing treatment. Radhey Shyam Maurya, a relative of the victims, said the family was returning to Gonda from Kanpur after attending the engagement ceremony of Shanti's younger brother. 'They had just reached the Barabanki stretch of the highway when the car collided head-on with a truck coming from Bahraich. The road has no divider, which often leads to such fatal mishaps,' he said. Police officials confirmed that the impact of the collision was severe, leading to the death of four occupants on the spot. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination. The accident led to a traffic jam on the highway, with vehicles stranded on both sides. Local police said it took more than two hours to remove the damaged vehicles and restore the traffic flow.
