As the festival of Diwali passes, painful news has come out from 3 states of the country. At least 26 people have died in different accidents in these states. A total of 12 people burnt to death in two separate accidents in Madhya Pradesh. A total of 10 people have lost their lives in two separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh and 4 in one accident in Chhattisgarh. Out of these 26 people who lost their lives, 18 people died by burning. Many children are also included among those who lost their lives. It has been told that some people were in their homes and died by burning while some people became victims of the accident while sitting in a vehicle running on the road.
People from two families have lost their lives in two accidents in Madhya Pradesh. Similarly, a total of 6 people were burnt alive in the accident in Muzaffarnagar. A total of 4 people have died in the accident in Chitrakoot and a total of 4 people have also lost their lives in the accident in Gariaband, Chhattisgarh.
6 people burnt to death in Muzaffarnagar
A total of 6 people burnt to death in an accident that took place in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Monday. Police said that after hitting the divider, a car hit an electric pole and caught fire. Six people traveling in this car were burnt alive. This accident happened near Jagahedi on Panipat Khatima Highway. It has been told that the people who died were residents of Jind, Haryana and were going to Haridwar. A child was also included among the dead.
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12 people from two families died in MP
Six members of a family of a goldsmith died and four others were injured in a fire that broke out in a three-storey house in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district in the early hours of Monday. Police said that the next day of Diwali, between 4 am and 4.30 am, a fire broke out in the house of goldsmith Kundan Lal Soni, located near the Jain temple in Mahavir ward of Chapra town. 10 family members were present in the house at the time of the fire, out of which six died while four were taken out injured.
Fire personnel and rescue teams later brought the fire under control, he said. The police officer said that the deceased have been identified as Kundan Lal Soni (75), his wife Rajkumari Soni (65), Ritu Soni (42), Smriti Soni (40), Surya Soni (45) and Aditya Soni (16). The dead include three women and a minor. He said that the cause of the fire has not been known yet.
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Another accident took place in Barhi of Katna district. Six people of the same family lost their lives in a fire in a utensils shop on the night of Diwali. The fire broke out at 11:30 pm in the shop of Puran Agarwal and Ritesh Agarwal. Two elderly people, a woman and 3 children died in this accident. Two people barely managed to save their lives.
4 people died in Chhattisgarh
A car fell into water in a road accident at Tila Anikat in Gariaband, Chhattisgarh. Four people of the same family died in this accident that happened at night. The dead included Sheetal Sahu, his wife Bharti and two children.
4 killed in accident in Chitrakoot
Another accident took place in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. Four people died and 12 were injured when a tractor-trolley filled with devotees overturned near Ramnagar village on the Jhansi-Mirzapur highway. The local administration has said that the vehicle was from Madhya Pradesh and the people sitting in it were residents of Prayagraj and Rewa. It has been told that these people were returning to their home after seeing the fair. Chitrakoot DM Pulkit Garg said that the trolley got separated and overturned after the hook connecting it to the tractor and trolley came off.
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At present, police action is going on at all these incidents and the reasons for the incident are being investigated.