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Top TN bureaucrat dies in road mishap

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Press Trust of India Krishnagiri (TN)
A senior IAS official of the Tamil Nadu government today died in a road accident here along with with two others, police said.

The victim, Principal Secretary to government, Special Programme Implementation, Shantini Kapoor was pronounced dead in a government hospital here after she was rushed from the accident spot this evening, Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri District, P Kannammal told PTI.

The mishap occurred on Chennai-Krishnagiri Highway when a tyre burst suddenly and the driver Selvaraj lost control, hit the median and rammed into a lorry on the opposite side of the road, she added.

The official was travelling in a car alongwith four others. Besides the official, two others -- car driver and the bureaucrat's sister's husband -- died on the spot, she said.
 

Two others, who were injured, have been admitted to hospital.

Shantini Kapoor (54) was an IAS official of the 1983 batch of the Tamil Nadu cadre and had held various positions in the government.

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First Published: Jan 14 2015 | 8:25 PM IST

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