A 58-year-old sub-inspector died after the roof of a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad collapsed on him amid heavy rains and robust winds.
Virendra Kumar Mishra, who was posted within the workplace of Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP) Ankur Vihar, was sleeping when the roof collapsed within the early hours of Sunday. His physique was discovered when different policemen reached the workplace within the morning.
They pulled out Mr Mishra’s physique from the particles and rushed him to the hospital, the place he was declared lifeless.
Heavy rain, gusty winds and thunderstorms had been witnessed in elements of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana on Sunday. Delhi and surrounding areas additionally obtained rainfall, resulting in waterlogging, uprooting of bushes and delayed flight operations.
A report of the Built-in Catastrophe Management Centre, Reduction Commissioner’s Workplace, Lucknow, acknowledged that not less than 49 individuals died throughout Uttar Pradesh because of varied rain and storm-related incidents between 8 pm on Could 21 to 4 pm on Could 22.
The fatalities from the storm on Could 21 and 22, primarily attributable to falling of bushes, collapsing of partitions and roofs, and lightning strikes, had been reported from quite a few districts throughout the state.