Two youths were killed while a woman was injured after a car ran over them in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district under the limits of Colonelganj police station on Wednesday. The Fortuner car that mowed down the youths belonged to former WFI chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh's son, Karan Singh's convoy, as per an ABP News report.
Karan is BJP's candidate from UP's Kaiserganj Lok Sabha seat.
As per the report, the convoy was going towards Huzurpur when the Fortuner, in an attempt to overtake, crushed the two youths identified as Rehan, 21-year-old and Shahzad Khan, 20-year-old. Both of them were coming to Colonelganj market on a motorcycle from Nidura village.
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A 60-year-old woman, Sita Devi, who was sitting in front of her house, was also injured and is undergoing treatment.
Colonelganj police station received information at around 9 am on May 25 that an accident occured at Huzurpur road near the crossing between a Fortuner and a motorcycle, Additional Superintendent of Police, Gonda said in a statement.
"Rehan and Shahzad, riding the motorcycle were injured in the accident and the police took them to Colonelganj health centre where both succumbed to their injuries. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem," the police official added.
He also said that an FIR has been lodged under relevant section based on the complaint registered by the relatives of the deaceased and the Fortuner has been ceased while the driver has also been detained.
Trinamool Congress MP Sagaria Ghose slammed the BJP over the incident saying the saffron party treats citizens like "dispensable pawns".
"Shocker. . A car in BJP candidate Karan Bhushan Singh’s (son of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh) convoy mows down two children and injures another. Recall how BJP minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra mowed down protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in 2021," Ghose said in a post on X.