In a tragic accident, a State Minister and two of his staff were killed after the car they were travelling in was hit by a train at an unmanned crossing in linebazar area of Jaunpur on Monday morning.
Reports said that Samajwadi Party leader Satai Ram Yadav (61), who enjoyed Minister of State status, was going in his car when it was hit by Jaunpur-Aurihar passenger train at Khalsaha crossing in Jaunpur on Monday morning. Satai Ram, along with his gunner Bhikhram Verma (27) and driver Rohit Dixit (35), was crushed to death in the accident. As soon as the news of Minister’s death spread, his supporters from nearby villages gathered on the spot and started pelting stones on the train, which had stopped after the accident.
Government Railway Police (GRP) and local police somehow controlled the situation after which the train could move. The bodies of victims were sent to district hospital, from where it was handed over to their family members after post-mortem. Senior officers, political leaders have reached the hospital, where a large number of people have gathered.