Cop burns alive as car catches fire after collision

A police sub-inspector on his way home after attending engagement of his daughter was charred to death Sunday when his car caught fire following a collision with a truck near Panwadi village in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district, police said.

The incident occurred when the sub-inspector Ashok Tiwari, currently posted as the incharge of Leemachauhan police station in Rajgarh district, was returning home from Allahabad via Bhopal.

Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Nagendra Singh Bais said that following a collision, Tiwari's car erupted into flames trapping him inside.