Overview

• Lucknow police arrested Akshay Pratap Singh, seized the Thar SUV, and registered a case after CCTV showed a head-on collision with an e-rickshaw that left two dead and six injured.
• Officers said preliminary findings indicate rash driving in the Lucknow case, while eyewitness claims of intoxication are being tested through a medical examination.
• Jharkhand officials reported at least five deaths and dozens of injuries on Monday in separate crashes in Godda and Ramgarh, including a bus–truck head-on collision.
• Three youths died when a container truck struck their two-wheeler on Thane’s Mumbra Bypass, with police registering a case and launching an investigation after the driver fled.
• In Maharashtra’s Palghar, a 55-year-old rider was run over by a tanker after hitting a pothole in Virar, prompting protests as police detained the driver, while a separate Aligarh car–canter crash killed four after both vehicles caught fire.