Overview
- In Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, ASI Manoj Yadav was suspended, arrested and produced in court after his SUV hit multiple motorcycles, killing teacher Dashrath Singh and grievously injuring his 10-year-old son whose legs were amputated.
- PTI reports the ASI secured bail, as eyewitness video showed liquor bottles in his vehicle and accounts described him as intoxicated; police said his medical examination report is awaited and the car was seized.
- Relatives blocked roads seeking compensation and jobs for the bereaved family; officials announced immediate relief of Rs 50,000 and said proposals for Rs 5 lakh from the CM’s Relief Fund were being readied.
- Separate crashes over Nov 7–9 included four friends killed when their car hit a parked truck in UP’s Shamli, two family members dead in a Guna truck-car collision with the driver fleeing, and a Mumbai dumper case where a 22-year-old motorcyclist died as police registered an FIR and traced the absconding driver.
- Two workers died when a trailer rear-ended a maintenance tractor on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway in Gujarat, and in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar a school bus plunged into a gorge killing two students and injuring many as authorities opened investigations and the district confirmed hospitalisations.