A young couple was shot at by the relatives of the girl at the railway station in Lucknow on Wednesday night while they were preparing to board a train.
The couple has been admitted to the Balrampur hospital with gunshot wounds.
According to GRP sources, Mahesh Chandra Soni and his girlfriend Parul Singh had eloped two days ago from heir homes in Hardoi district and had come to Lucknow with the intention of getting married.
Parul’s parent lodged a FIR against Mahesh claiming that their daughter was a minor.
The police contacted the family members of Mahesh Chandra Soni, who in turn got in touch with Mahesh. When Mahesh came to know of the complaint against him, he decided to return home and clear the air.
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Jaya assures support to nuke plant protesters
AGE CORRESPONDENT
THOOTHUKUDI, OCT. 13
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday came out in support of the people protesting against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), assuring that the government would act on their wishes.
“The Tamil Nadu government respects the sentiments of the local people and will act according to their wishes,” she said, adding, “I am with you on this issue.”
The chief minister’s statement drew wide applause from the people in Thoothukudi where she was on an election campaign.
But the 10,000 and more anti-nuke activists who had gathered near the power plant at Koodankulam since 6.30 am, saw the statement more as an election gimmick made to win votes for the party. “This is nothing but a hollow promise made to appease people blocking all roads leading to the nuclear plant at Koodankulam since Thursday morning,” coordinator of the anti-nuke protest, S. P. Uthayakumar said.