A couple was killed and their two minor children were injured after their motorcycle was hit by a four-wheeler here, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred in Gittikhadan area of the city on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Kapil Bodele (35), who worked as a sanitation worker in a college, and his wife Sapna (34), police said.
The family had gone to Chicholi Buddha Vihar on a motorcycle to pay tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 63rd death anniversary, a police official said.
"On the way back, a four-wheeler coming from the opposite direction, rammed into their motorcycle near Katol Naka. The couple died on the spot, while their children- eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter- suffered minor injuries," he said.
The children were rushed to a local hospital.
An offence under IPC sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) and under the Motor Vehicles Act was registered against the unidentified driver of the four-wheeler.
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