Team News Riveting
Tikamgarh, December 3
Three policemen from Madhya Pradesh died in a tragic road accident on Yamuna Expressway near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh while going to Haryana in an SUV to rescue a kidnapped girl from Tikamgarh.
Two others from Uttar Pradesh who were accompanying the party from Uttar Pradesh also died in the mishap that took place on Friday morning. The three policemen were posted in Budera police station of Tikamgarh district in MP.
Three others, including a police head constable, sustained injuries and were admitted to a hospital in Mathura, a senior police official said.
“The police team was going to Haryana when their vehicle crashed into a road divider,” Tikamgarh Additional Superintendent of Police ML Chourasia said. The deceased were identified as police head constable Bhawani Prasad (52), constables Hira Devi Prajapati (32) and Kamlendra Yadav (28), he added.
Two others – Preeti and Dharmendra –whom the police were taking from Uttar Pradesh to assist in rescuing the kidnapped girl from Tikamagarh, were also killed, the ASP said, adding that Head constable Rathi Ram, SUV driver Jagdish Lodhi and one Ravi Raikwar sustained injuries.
The team was on way to Bahadurgarh in Haryana when the accident took place.
