Five homeless daily wagers were killed and eight others injured, when a Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator’s son drove his car drunk into a night shelter at the Hazratganj area in Lucknow.

The incident occurred around midnight on Saturday. The victims were sleeping inside a shelter erected on the pavement, the police said.

The injured were admitted to hospital. Three of them were stated to be in a critical condition.
Lucknow police chief Manzil Saini told reporters on Sunday that out of the four youths who were in the vehicle, two had been arrested. A hunt was on to nab the others.