A police constable was killed and four others including three security personnel, injured when an SUV, escorting Delhi Government’s labour Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai, skidded off and overturned on a road in Kanker district here on Friday evening.
However, no harm was reported to the AAP leader's vehicle in the incident, police said.
“The incident occurred near Korar police station area on Kanker-Bhanupratappur road when Rai was heading towards Bhanupratappur for his party’s programme,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Kanker Santosh Singh said.
The jawan identified as Dinesh Dhruv died in the accident while three other policemen and the civilian driver were injured, he said.
As per the preliminary information, when the SUV reached near Korar, the driver lost control over the vehicle following which it skidded and overturned while going off the road and rolled into the field leaving all five occupants including the driver injured, he said.
Following the incident, the injured were immediately taken to Bhanupratappur by the Minister and his associates.
“Dhruv succumbed to his critical injuries while being taken to Raipur from Bhanupratppur for the treatment,” he said.
The driver who also sustained serious injuries was being shifted to Raipur while three others were referred to Kanker district headquarters for further treatment, he said.
A case has been registered in this connection the SP said adding that further probe was on.