A 33-year-old government school teacher was burnt to death when his speeding car hit a roadside tree in a village in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, the police said on Monday.
Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police D. Ravishankar told The Pioneer that the incident took place near the jungles of Anakona village on Sunday night.
The charred body of Uday Bhagat was found on the rear seat of the car.
Bhagat lived in Kesra village and was an Assistant Teacher (LB) in a government school in Sonkyari village.