A 70-year-old man died and five persons including two women were injured when their car was hit by a speeding jeep in the BRTS corridor near landmark marriage garden under Koh-e-Fiza police station area on Tuesday.
According to the police laxmandas Harchandani along with his family was on his way to home after attending marriage at landmark marriage garden and when they were trying to cross the road from the cut point in the BRST corridor a speeding jeep hit the vehicle injuring the victims severely.
The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital where laxman died during treatment.
Victim’s wife Kavita Harchandani and their son Manish Harchandani were severely injured. Manish’s wife Bhumika and their two children 8-year-old son Harsheel and one-year-old daughter Diya were also injured in the accident. Police have claimed that Kavita is critically injured in the accident and is under observation. laxman was a retired Radiologist and was a resident of Berasia.
The relatives have claimed that in the car an elderly couple was present and they suspect that the duo were parents of Additional Superintendent of Police Sehore Amit Saxena.
The driver of the vehicle Hariprasad was arrested by the police while the gunman of Saxena has been questioned regarding the accident. The vehicle has been seized which was procured for election duty and came to Bhopal to escort police personnel. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 304(A) of the IPC and have started further investigation.