Two persons killed, eight persons injured in separate mishaps

Two persons were killed and six police personnel injured when a police vehicle transporting a wanted man collided with a van near Baria, 5 km from Jhargram town in West Midnapore district.

The accident occurred when the police vehicle returning to Jhargram police station after nabbing criminal Gaya Ram Mullick hit a van coming from the opposite direction in the early hours today.

The driver of the police vehicle and the criminal were among the dead, a police official said.

A sub-inspector of police was among the injured, he said.

Considering the nature of injury, Constable Santosh Murmu was referred to a Kolkata facility, the official said.
 

In a separate mishap, a pick-up van hit a four-wheeler injuring four persons in the heart of the town.