UP: 27 people killed in rains

Twenty-seven people were killed in different parts of the state due to rains and storm which uprooted trees, telephone and electricity poles.

Twenty-seven people were killed in different parts of the state due to rains and storm which uprooted trees, telephone and electricity poles.

While seven were killed in Hardoi, six in Mathura, two each Lucknow, Mainpuri and Aligarh and one each from Etawah and Kannauj yesterday, police sources on Tuesday said.

Two persons were killed in Lucknow and five others injured on the city outskirts last night, when a tree was uprooted due to strong winds, they said.

In Hardoi, a woman and his four-year-old son were buried alive, when minaret of an under-construction mosque collapsed, police said. The bad weather also disrupted the movement of trains at several places in the state, officials said.

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