Son and son-in-law of a former BJP leader died while their friend escaped with injuries after their car turned turtle at Shivaji Nagar square late in the night on Friday.
The deceased Saurabh Soni was son and Mohit Narekar was son-in-law of the former district president of Vidisha BJP who died in the accident. The three were on their way home after having dinner.
Mohit was a developer in Amazon Company in Delhi. On the night of the accident, he celebrated his daughters' birthday at home, then went to the hotel to have dinner with his brother-in-law and friend Vivek Verma and while returning a car collided with the rotary of Shivaji Nagar intersection and overturned.
Airbags also opened, but the collision was so strong that the airbags exploded. Vivek was sitting in the back seat of the car and was injured. The car belonged to Mohit, the son-in-law of the BJP leader. The rear tyre of the car burst in the accident.
After celebrating the birthday at home, the brother-in-law along with his friend Vivek Verma went for dinner at the Jameel Hotel located at Imami Gate.
The deceased Mohit was a developer in Amazon Company in Delhi. In 2017, he was married to Saurabh's sister. He has a son and daughter. He had come to his parents living in Tulsi Nagar, Bhopal to celebrate his daughter's birthday. He invited brother-in-law Saurabh for his daughter's birthday. Saurabh had reached Bhopal by train. After celebrating birthday, he went to a party with brother-in-law.
Near the Shivaji Nagar intersection, his car bounced off the slab built on the drain and directly hit the rotary of the intersection and overturned. Eyewitnesses told the police that the speed of the car was very high. Because of this, the car overturned uncontrollably after jumping from the breaker.