Wedding tragedy: 9 dead in road crash in Rajasthan's Jhalawar, 3 of them brothers
Kota(PTI): Nine men returning from a wedding died in a road incident in Rajasthan's Jhalawar when the car they were in collided head-on with a truck early Sunday, an officer said.
The men, all of them aged 16-30, were returning from a wedding in Dungri village of Madhya Pradesh.
Among the victims were Rohit, 16, Sonu, 22, and Deepak, 24, all of them brothers, Eklera Police Station SHO Sandeep Vishoni said.
The other victims were identified as Ashok, 24, Hemraj, 33, Ravishankar, 25, and Rahul, 20, all of them from Bagari Mohalla of Jhalawar's Eklera village, he said.
Rohit, 22, and Ramkishan, 20, who too died in the incident, were from Khanpur area of Jhalawar and Harnawda in Baran district.
Manish Bagari, 18, is undergoing treatment in a critical state at a hospital, Vishoni said. The truck driver was detained and questioned, he said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Hemant Gautam said the car, a Maruti Suzuki Omni, was completely mangled.
According to Gopal Bagari, a relative, around 35-40 baraatis had left from Dungri in three Omnis and two pick-ups vehicles at around 12.30 am.
On the way, Bagari stopped in Khimchi village on Bhopal road for tea, while the other car sped ahead.
After around 10 minutes break, Bagari resumed his journey, and after a few minutes travel, around 2.15 am, found a car in a mangled state stuck in a truck near Pachola village.
The rescuers had to break open the rear gate of the car to bring out the severely injured men, at least two of them were stuck in front.
Five of them were rushed to a private hospital and four to a community health centre. All nine were soon declared dead.
VIDEO | Nine people were reportedly killed following a collision between a van and a trolley on NH 52 near Aklera town in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar late last night.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
