Bareilly : Late Saturday night, a car burst into flames due to a tire burst on the Nainital Highway passing through Bhojipura police station area of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. 8 people including a child traveling in the car were killed. But, after this accident, everyone in the village is saddened along with the family of the deceased. There were tears in his eyes. The relatives of the deceased were searching for their loved ones in the ashes of the car with tears in their eyes. The police conducted post-mortem of the dead bodies. After this the family took the body to the village. But, the bodies of 5 of these have not been identified. Due to which the dead bodies will be identified through DNA testing. Along with this, DM Ravindra Kumar also inspected the incident site. He has constituted a three-member committee to investigate. In this, one officer each from Police Department, Public Works Department and Transport Department has been nominated. Traffic Inspector Manish Sharma has been nominated from the Police Department’s side, Provincial Division Executive Engineer Sitaram from the Public Works Department’s side and Assistant Divisional Transport Officer Manvendra Pratap Singh from the Transport Department’s side have been nominated in the investigation committee. This committee will submit the investigation report in 8 days. Along with this, instructions have been given to SDM Baheri to provide Farmer Accident Insurance and other family benefit schemes to the deceased family members on the basis of eligibility. However, the SP demanded a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the families of the deceased. He says that the administration should have announced compensation. But, he talked about meeting the CM in this matter.
Eight lives lost in 45 seconds
The wedding ceremony was organized at Faham Lawn (wedding hall) located on Pilibhit bypass of the city. The deceased had come from Jam Samvat village of Baheri Kotwali police station area in Artika car to attend the wedding ceremony. But, while returning from the wedding at night, the tire of the Artika car burst near a village in Bhojipura police station area. Due to this, the car became unbalanced and collided with a truck carrying sand and gravel from Nainital, Uttarakhand on the other side of the road. With the explosion, flames started rising. People came out of their homes at the sound of a loud explosion. Informed the police. The police tried to extinguish the fire through two cylinders. But within 30 to 45 minutes, 8 people including a child died in the fire.
8 funeral processions took place together
After the accident, not only the Muslim families of the village but also the people of Hindu community were sad. Post mortem of all the dead was done. But, he could not be identified. In this, the bodies of car driver Furkan, resident of Mittapur village, Asif and Shadab, residents of Jam village, were identified through Aadhaar cards. But the rest will be done through DNA test. The bodies of the deceased reached the village late in the evening. The funeral processions of five people from the same street were kept close together. Along with this, three were from other places. The funeral procession of all of them was taken together. The deceased had taken the car of Baheri resident Sumit Gupta on booking.
Mehndi was not left on hands
The marriage of Uwais, a resident of Bahedi Kotwali police station area, was held on Saturday at Faham Lawn located in Pilibhit bypass of Bareilly. Driver Furkan, resident of Mitapur, Baheri, had come to the marriage procession with some people from the same village. In this, a young man had got married only eight days ago. Even the mehndi on her hands has not gone missing. According to police investigation, the car drivers are Furkan, Mohammad Arif, Mohammad Ayyub, Babu, Mohammad Alim, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Shadab. Except Furkan, everyone else is from Jam.
Report-Muhammad Sajid, Bareilly