Balrampur: In Balrampur district of UP, an uncontrolled car crushed 7 people sitting in the pandal of Maa Durga on Saturday night. Three people died in this accident, while four people are said to be injured. CM Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over this accident on Sunday and announced financial assistance of ₹ 02 lakh each to the families of the deceased and ₹ 50 thousand each to the injured. Along with this, he has given instructions to take strict action against the culprits.
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CM Yogi said on social media platform May the bereaved family members be given the strength to bear this immense grief and the injured get speedy recovery.”
The untimely death of people in an accident during a personal program in Balrampur district is extremely sad.
My condolences are with the bereaved family.
Instructions have been given to provide financial assistance of ₹ 02 lakh each to the families of those who died in this accident and ₹ 50 thousand each to the injured and to take strictest legal action against the culprits.
It is a prayer to Lord Shri Ram to grant salvation to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved family members to bear this immense sorrow and speedy recovery to the injured.
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) October 18, 2026
Let us tell you that this incident took place in Charangahiya village of Gram Panchayat Belha of Kotwali Dehat area, where after the aarti was over outside the Durga temple, the villagers were sitting in a tent and watching videos on the projector. Then the speeding car coming from Gaura intersection suddenly went out of control and rammed into the tent. Seven people were hit by an uncontrolled car in the accident. In which three people died, while four others were injured. Two seriously injured people were referred to Bahraich.
The deceased have been identified as Pateshwari Prasad alias Mahata Prasad (42), Manoj Singh (51) and Ganesh Pandey (45). While Chediram (50), Ghopram (31), W (37) and Mukesh Tiwari (30) are said to be injured. All the victims of the accident are residents of Charanghiya-Belha village. There is mourning in the village due to this accident which happened after a religious event. Police have taken the car and driver into custody and have started investigating the cause of the accident. In the preliminary investigation, the car driver is suspected to be drunk.