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BJP MP's kin killed in road mishap

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Press Trust of India Mathura
Four persons including three relatives of Azamgarh BJP MP Ramakant Yadav were killed today in a road mishap on the Yamuna Expressway.

Indradev (38), Shambhu (35) and Arvind (34) were killed along with V P Gupta (35) while they were returning to Delhi from Mathura where they had gone to attend Janmasthami celebrations, police said.

The accident happened in the wee hours of the day near Zikarpur village when one of the tyres of the vehicle in which they were travelling burst, leading to the vehicle losing control and rolling over into a nearby ditch, they said.

All four were killed on the spot, while the driver of the vehicle Hariram and two others were seriously injured.
 

Meanwhile, in another accident on the same Expressway, K Kapoor, the regional manager of a telecom service provider died after his speeding car rammed into a truck, police said.

Kapoor was rushed to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, they added.

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First Published: Aug 30 2013 | 2:00 AM IST

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