In a shocking show of apathy, the body of a 27-year-old accident victim remained on the road for over four hours due to a dispute over jurisdiction between police from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Rahul Ahirwar had left home for Delhi and was crossing the road when an unidentified vehicle ran him over. Residents of the area gathered at the spot after the accident and informed the Harpalpur police station in Madhya Pradesh. The cops reached the spot and said it comes under the jurisdiction of Mahobkanth police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district. They then left.

When the villagers informed the Uttar Pradesh police station, they shrugged off the matter and said it was the Madhya Pradesh police’s job. Residents then blocked the road and started protesting, the body still at the accident spot. Eventually, four hours after the accident, Madhya Pradesh police recovered the body and sent it for autopsy. Only after this did the villagers clear the road and traffic movement was restored.

Visuals from the spot showed the victim’s family members crying next to his body on the road. “My cousin died of an accident. This area falls under Madhya Pradesh, but the body has been on the road for hours now because no one is ready to take responsibility. A Madhya Pradesh cop who came scolded us and said this does not come under their jurisdiction. We want the autopsy to be done at the earliest so that we can proceed with the last rites. We want the vehicle responsible for this crash to be identified,” the victim’s relative Ramdeen said.

The victim’s family said Rahul had married recently and was travelling to Delhi to work as a labourer. The accident, a relative said, happened around 7 pm. The body was eventually removed from the road around 11 pm.

Six people died and nearly 20 were injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Maihar district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.

They said the bus was headed for Nagpur from Prayagraj when it collided with the parked stone-laden dumper truck around 11 pm on Saturday near the Nadan Dehat police station, about 25 kilometres from the district headquarters.

Superintendent of Police, Maihar, Sudhir Agrawal told PTI that among those injured, the condition of six people was stated to be serious and they were referred to Satna.

He said the rest are undergoing treatment in Maihar and Amarpatan hospitals.

Agrawal said senior officials reached the spot soon after getting information about the accident and launched a rescue operation.

Further details are awaited.

Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh:

Two women were killed and 11 others injured when the van they were travelling in overturned while trying to avoid hitting cattle in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

The accident occurred near Panwadi village on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway, some 15 km from the district headquarters, around 6.30 am, Sunera police station in-charge Gopal Nigwal said.

A group of pilgrims from Khargone district were returning from Badrinath Dham when their van swerved to avoid hitting some cattle and overturned, he said.

Two of the occupants, Kamla Bai (50) and Janki Bai (40), died, while 11, including five women and six men, sustained injuries, the official said.

Of the injured persons, 10 were undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Shajapur, while one has been referred to Indore for treatment, he said.

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Seoni, MP:

Three persons were killed and 26 others injured when a bus carrying Special Armed Forces (SAF) jawans overturned after colliding with a car in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district early on Saturday, police said.

One of the jawans sustained serious injuries and has been referred to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra, an official said.

The accident occurred around 1 am near Dhanagadha village on the Seoni-Mandla State Highway, some 50 km from the district headquarters.

A bus carrying personnel from the state police’s 35th Battalion of SAF from Mandla to Pandhurna (Chhindwara) collided with a car with five occupants including its driver, Keolari police station in-charge Chain Singh Uikey told PTI.

Kanhaiya Jaswani (75), Niklesh Jaswani (45) and driver Purushottam Mahobia (37) who were travelling in the car were killed in the accident, he said. The victims were residents of Mandla.

Two other car occupants, who suffered injuries, are being treated at Keolari Government Hospital.

Those travelling in the car were returning from Nagpur after some hospital-related work there, the official said.

The bus carrying the SAF jawans overturned after the accident. A total of 26 SAF jawans were injured and taken to the Keolari hospital.

One of them who suffered serious injuries was referred to Nagpur, he said, adding that a probe was underway. 

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Fourteen people were killed and 21 others injured after a pickup vehicle overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori on Wednesday night, police said. 

The accident took place near the Badjar village of Dindori district when the group of villagers were returning home to Devari village after attending an event. The pickup vehicle carrying the villagers overturned after the driver lost control, police said.

The injured were rushed to the nearby Community Health Center for treatment by locals and the police.