Tragedy struck as daughter and grand-daughter of former deputy superintendent of police FKN Kujur were killed in a road mishap at Taimara Ghati on NH 33 under Dasham Falls thana area on Saturday evening.
The incident took place when Kujur's daughter Swati Jaya Kujur (28) and granddaughter Anwesha (7) were returning to the steel city from Ranchi in their car as it hit a bike. In the mishap, one biker was killed and the other injured. Unfortunately, the car which was being driven by Swati's younger brother Ashish was hit by a carrier from behind killing Swati and daughter Anwesha on the spot.
Swati’s younger sister Payal who was also travelling in the same car was injured along with Ashish. Both Ashish and Payal have been admitted at the RIMS. The police had also rushed Swati, her daughter and two injured bikers to the RIMS, but the doctors on the emergency duty declared three of them as brought dead and kept the bodies for the autopsy.
The mishap took place at about 6.30 pm. FKN Kujur who resides at his house at Gudia line in Zone No 1 in Birsanagar . Kujur had soon rushed to Ranchi along with his wife Usha immediately after getting the information.
Swati along with his siblings were returning Jamshedpur after meeting her husband Arun Khalko who is posted in the Fishery Department in Ranchi.
Officer-in-charge, Dasham Falls police station, Dinesh Toppo said they had sent all the injured including the two 25-year-old bikers to RIMS, where the doctors declared three of them as dead.
"We are investigating the incident. The identity of the bikers, including the one who died on the spot could not be ascertained. We are trying to get them identified. One of the bikers who survived the mishap has also been admitted at the RIMS," said the officer-in-charge. He said the driver of the mixer-carrier has been arrested and the vehicle seized.
later the retired DSP said over the cell-phone that his second daughter Payal had informed him about the mishap. “We were all shocked. Swati was sitting in the rear seat along with my grand-daughter, where as my son Ashish was on the driving wheel and Payal was sitting beside. As the mixer-carrier hit the car from behind, the car was badly damaged from behind and Ashish and Payal were flung out of the car following the vehicle's doors were opened up in the impact of the collision," Kujur quoted his daughter as saying.
The retired DSP said after in the mishap Ashish had sustained multiple injuries in the hands and legs, but Payal was comparatively less injured.