Nine people including groom dead after car falls in Kota’s Chambal river.  |  Photo Credit: ANI
Kota, Rajasthan: As many as nine people including a groom were killed after the car they were traveling in fell into the Chambal river in Rajasthan’s Kota late Saturday night.
The incident took place when they were en route to the wedding venue in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. The car fell into the river from the princely bridge of Chambal river passing through Kota city.
They were coming from the Sawai Madhopur’s Barwada area.
No one got to know about the incident the whole night. Later, a person, who had seen the car falling from the bridge, informed the police.
Following this, the police reached the spot and a rescue team of Kota Municipal Corporation was called to the spot.
Nine bodies have been recovered after a car fell into the Chambal river in Kota. Among those who have lost their lives including a groom were going to Ujjain for the wedding, said the police.
“A bus and car carrying people were going from Barwara Ka Chauth to Ujjain for a marriage function. The car lost track and reached a pull where it got imbalanced and fell in the river. We have recovered seven bodies from the car and two bodies have been recovered from the river. An investigation is underway,” ANI quoted Kesar Singh Shekhawat, Kota Superintendent of Police, as saying.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed his sympathies with the bereaved family.
“The death of nine people including the groom after the car of the wedding procession in Kota fell into the Chambal river is very sad and unfortunate. After talking to the collector, got information about the whole incident. My deepest sympathies are with the bereaved family, may God give them strength to bear this loss, may the soul of the departed rest in peace,” the chief minister tweeted.