accident

In Ladakh, near Shyok river, seven soldiers were killed when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge. Notably, on May 27, the vehicle was moving from Partapur transit camp to Turtuk in Leh district, when the misfortune took place. While seven officials died, 19 received severe injuries and are undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. The investigation has been launched.

Three people died and left 18 people injured in an accident near Dhodhoi Chowk in Chhattisgarh. Notably, on May 12, the vehicle carrying 25 people returning from a marriage ceremony, turned upside down. According to the police the mishap took place when the driver took the car off-road after spotting a cattle on the road to the village Gandhi. The police registered the case under section 279, 337 of IPC.

After IndiGo airlines staff refused special needs for boarding a flight to a specially-abled child, the Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia issued a warning to the airlines. On May 9, Scindia asked for an investigation and said, "There is zero tolerance towards such behavior. No human being should have to go through this! Investigating the matter by myself, post which appropriate action will be taken".

In a tragic accident near Totaghati, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, five people, Pinky (25), Pratap Singh (40), his wife Bhagirathi Devi (36), and their two children Vijay (15) and Manju (12), residents of Ban village died. Notably, the incident happened in the wee hours of May 8. The victims went wedding shopping for Pinky's marriage, on May 12, when the driver lost control and the car fell into a 250-meter deep gorge. 

A former Army-man, Naib Subedar Bal Mukund Chaubey, has been struggling to find justice for his son, who died in a vehicle accident. "I visited the police station, but they never gave me an appropriate response," he rues. He eventually decided to take the matters into his own hands. He has personally checked all the CCTV recordings, but sadly, there has been no breakthrough so far.