Six pilgrims were killed in a road mishap in Bahraich.
Six persons were killed and 10 others were injured when the van they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck in Prayagpur police station area on Gonda-Bahraich highway early Monday morning.
A total of 16 people, all residents of Lakhimpur Kheri, were returning to their homes from Kichhauchha dargah in Ambedkarnagar when the tragedy struck.
The injured were initially rushed to Prayagpur primary health centre and later to Bahraich district hospital for treatment where Chand Khan (51), Shakeel (8), Sohan (50) and his wife Shabana (48) and van driver Salim (60) succumbed to their injuries.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the deaths in the Bahraich road mishap and directed officials to provide adequate treatment to the injured.