Jaipur: Five persons have been killed in the collision between a Canter and Tata Safari car on Churu-Hanumangarh Mega Highway on Wednesday. Two, including the canter driver, are seriously injured and have been referred to Bikaner. 

The accident occurred at around 2.30 am in Sardarshahr of Churu district.  Police officer Arvind Kumar said that all traveling in the Tata Safari car were going to Hanumangarh.

Near Bukansar Fanta on Hanumangarh Road Mega Highway, the car had a head-on collision with a canter coming from Hanumangarh. The car was badly damaged that it took two hours to rescue the dead bodies trapped in the car. 

West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Chief was transferred on Wednesday following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent announcement of a major reshuffle in the Police Department.

An official said that the Additional Director General (I) of the CID R Rajasekaran was transferred and posted as Additional Director General (Training). However, Rajasekaran’s successor is yet to be announced.

The incumbent Additional Director General (Training) Damayanti Sen has been transferred and appointed Additional Director General (Policy Making). The incumbent Additional Director General (Policy Making) R. Sivakumar has been transferred and appointed Additional Director General of the Enforcement Branch (EB).

Similarly, the incumbent Additional Director General (EB) Rajeev Mishra has been transferred and posted as Additional Director General (Organisation and Modernisation). On November 21, the Chief Minister told media persons that there would be a massive reshuffle in the CID and ACB departments in order to strengthen the drive against corruption in the state.

She also admitted that corruption prevails among a section in the lower level of the state police who are giving a bad name to the state. “The political leaders are always criticised for involvement in corruption. If any politician does any corrupt act involving just Rs 5, it is projected as Rs 550. However, politicians think ten times before cheating people and getting involved in corruption. Some lower-level officers and staff in the police forces get involved in corruption which gives a bad name to the state,” said the Chief Minister.

Rahul Gandhi stopped at Ghazipur border on way to Sambhal Ghaziabad With prohibitory orders in place in Sambhal, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was stopped at the Ghazipur border here on Wednesday on his way to the district, a senior police officer said.

Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior Congress leaders reached the Ghazipur border in the morning where heavy police force was deployed and barricades put up to stop them from entering Sambhal.

Curbs under Section 163 (power to issue an order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which were set to expire on Sunday, have now been extended till December 31 in Sambhal.

Sambhal District Magistrate Rajendra Pensia on Tuesday wrote a letter to the police commissioners of Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad and the superintendents of police of Amroha and Bulandshahr districts, urging them to stop Rahul Gandhi at the borders of their districts.

“We will not permit Rahul Gandhi to Sambhal as prohibitory orders have been issued by the administration there. Police will stop Gandhi at UP gate,”

He said ample police force has been deployed at the spot, he said.

Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19, when a Mughal-era mosque was surveyed on court orders following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site.

Violence erupted during a second survey on November 24 as protesters gathered near Shahi Jama Masjid and clashed with security personnel. Four people were killed in the violence and many more were injured.