3 pilgrims killed in mishap

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Press Trust of India Bahraich
Last Updated : Mar 28 2016 | 4:02 PM IST
Three persons, including a woman and teenaged girl, were killed and 17 others injured when a jeep carrying pilgrims overturned and fell into a ditch in Gilaul area, police said here today.
Rabula (45), her daughter Khushuma (13) and an unidentified woman were killed in the accident in Suhapara village late last evening, they said.
Police said that the injured were admitted to the district hospital here from where four women have been referred to a trauma centre in a Lucknow hospital in a serious condition.
The pilgrims were returning after offering 'chaadar' at a 'dargah' on Bahraich-Balrampur road.

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First Published: Mar 28 2016 | 4:02 PM IST

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