Dharwad: SUV with Haj pilgrims on the way to airport crashes into tree; seven killed
Pune, Jul 31: Seven members of a family, including three children, were killed and another one was injured early on Wednesday when the SUV they were travelling in crashed into a roadside tree near Satara on Mumbai- Bengaluru highway in Maharashtra, police said.
A senior police official from Borgaon police station said the family, hailing from Dharwad in Karnataka, was on its way to Mumbai airport to drop their two of their elderly, who were going for the Haj pilgrimage.
"The accident occurred close to Kashil village near Satara around 12.45 am on Wednesday. All the seven deceased were from one family," he said.
The deceased were identified as Nizamuddin Abdulnabi Saudagar (69), Safura Nizamuddin Saudagar (58), Mansuf Nizamuddin Saudagar (40), Nafisa Mansuf Saudagar (35), Aksa Mansuf Saudagar (4), Ahmedraza Mansuf Saudagar (2) and Tayabba Mansuf Saudagar (6).
"The family was on its way to Mumbai airport, from where Nizamuddin Saudagar and his wife Safura were supposed to go for the Haj pilgrimage," the officer said.
Prima facie, the accident occurred as the driver, Shahnawaz Pendhari, lost control over the vehicle and it veered off the road and crashed into a roadside tree, he said.
Pendhari suffered serious injuries in the accident and is undergoing treatment in a hospital, the officer added.
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Advocate found dead in car on Nainital court premises
Nainital (PTI): A 55-year-old advocate allegedly died by suicide after shooting himself inside his car at the Nainital district court parking lot here on Monday, police said.
According to the police, Puran Singh Bhakuni, a resident of Mallital, was found in the rear seat of his vehicle with a gunshot wound to his temple.
Police recovered a licensed pistol from his hand and a suicide note from the car’s dashboard. The note stated that Bhakuni was unwell and suffering from depression.
"We received information through lawyers around noon. The deceased was lying in the back seat with a pistol in his hand and blood near his ear," Circle Officer Anjana Negi said.
Forensic teams and ballistic experts reached the spot to collect evidence, as no witness reported hearing the gunshot.
Government counsel Sushil Sharma stated that Bhakuni left home at 9 am and was found dead at 9.30 am.
Sharma raised concerns over the circumstances, noting that the body was in the rear seat, and demanded a thorough probe to rule out foul play. Bhakuni, who worked as a notary, had married six months ago, he said.
Police took the body into custody and sent it for a postmortem to confirm the cause of death.
The forensic laboratory will examine the suicide note and the ballistics of the weapon, the police said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
