LUCKNOW, Aug. 17 -- A speeding SUV ran over devotees heading towards Varadani Hanuman Mandir for Janmashtami celebrations in Telibagh market under PGI police station limits on Saturday night, leaving ten people injured, including two children. Three of them are in critical condition at PGI Trauma Centre, police said.

A case under sections 109(1), 121(1), 121(2), 132, 281, and 324(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at PGI police station. The accused, identified as Akshay Singh alias Sagar, son of Ramesh Singh and a resident of Hussainabad, was taken into custody, Lucknow Police confirmed in a press statement.

The incident occurred around 9 pm when the SUV, coming from the Cantonment side, hit devotees from behind...