The last rites of four persons, who were killed in a road accident on Vidisha highway, were performed in Bhopal on Monday.
Four persons including two women were gutted in fire after their car collided head on with another car at NH 86 at Bagroda Vidisha in the night on Sunday.
Police said that the deceased was charred to death after they failed to exit the car due to the failure of central locking system to open.
On Monday the post mortem was conducted at Hamidia hospital in Bhopal and later bodies were handed over to the family members for last rites which were performed at Berasia.
The car which caught fire and lead to the death of four persons was having registration number MP04-CP-0490 while the car which was only damaged was bearing registration number MP04-CM1996.
The deceased were identified as Praveen Prajapati (30), Maya Bai (60), Munni Bhai (60), all residents of Bhopal, and laxmi Chakravarty (50) a resident of Vidisha.
The accident in which four others were injured, took place at around 9 pm near Bagrod on the Vidisha-Sagar road, about 95km from state capital Bhopal.
The four persons travelled in the other car escaped with injuries at they managed to exit the car on time. The car was damaged but not caught fire.
Soon after the accident locals rushed to the rescue but failed to save them due to the massive fire which left no room for the locals to rescue the trapped passengers.
The fire tender vehicle rushed to the service but failed to pacify the fire before the death of all the four passengers. Police have started further investigation into the matter.