Latest News | On Leave from Work, Defence Ministry Personnel Killed in Accident in UP's Ballia

Ballia (UP), Dec 15 (PTI) A Defence Ministry personnel who had come to his village on leave died after being hit by an unknown vehicle in a village here, police said on Friday.

Hemant Kannaujiya (32) was on the way to Belthara Road on a motorcycle when he was hit by an unknown vehicle on Thursday night in Haldi Rampur under Ubhaon police station area, SHO DK Srivastava said.

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After receiving information about the accident, police reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem.

The SHO said that Hemant Kannaujiya, a resident of Domanpura village, was working in the Defense Ministry. He was posted as a clerk in the accounts office in Pune and had come home on leave.

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Police has launched a hunt to nab the absconding driver whose vehicle hit Kannaujiya, the SHO added.

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