Four members of Madhya Pradesh law and legislative Affairs Minister Kusum Mehdele's family were among five people who died after their multi-utility vehicle collided with a school bus within Tyouda forest this afternoon, police said.
Sixteen children in the bus were also injured, four of them grievously. The Minister's relatives were en route to Panna from Bhopal. Prahlad Mehdele, his wife Savitri and Munni died on the spot whereas Jagdeesh and driver Rajesh Prasad succumbed at the District Hospital where the seriously-hurt minors were admitted.
Public Relations, Energy, New and Renewable Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shukla expressed profound grief over the death of PHE Minister Kusum Mahdele's relatives and their driver in road mishap near village Eran in Sagar district today. Shukla described the accident as unfortunate. He has wished early recovery of 2 children of Mahdele family admitted in a Bhopal hospital. Shukla has prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.