Azamgarh, October 28: At least eight people were killed and 19 others injured, some of them critically, when an uncontrolled jeep mowed down people watching Ramlila in Koriya Bazar on Faizabad-Azamgarh highway last night. While six people died on the spot, two others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital, police sources said today. The incident occurred when the ill-fated jeep rammed into the crowd watching Ramlila on the side of the highway in Captainganj area. The injured have been admitted to the hospital where condition of five is stated to be critical.
—-Agencies