A pall of gloom descended upon the family of one Binda Goswami in lesliganj when eight baratis died in a major road crash on tuesday night.
Deputy superintendent of police Prabhat Ranjan Barwar said the barat had come to this Goswami family from Bihar Sasaram's village Sanjhouli.
He said 9 male baratis were in one vehicle scorpio. Majority of them were dead drunk. Their vehicle hit a road side tree last night around 8.30. The hit was most violent and blunt. The front of the four wheeler was totally smashed leading to the spot death of four baratis sitting on the front seat of this four wheeler.lesliganj police station OC K K Singh said the four bodies were so badly mutilated and mangled that it was a tough time to separate one from the other.
Singh said the doors of this vehicle were also twisted out of shape. The cops and the locals ripped open the door and then the bodies could be retrieved.
Barwar said out of 9 four were found dead in the vehicle itself while the cops sent five injured to Daltonganj but enroute to Daltonganj three of these five also breathed their last.The remaining two were rushed to RIMS Ranchi last night.However OC Singh said out of these two one also succumbed to his injuries in RIMs Ranchi taking the total toll to eight.One surviving is in a highly critical condition said sources.