Overview

• Two Bihar STF personnel—Sub-Inspector Mukund Murari and Constable Vikas Kumar—died when their Scorpio, en route from Gaya to Gandhidham to apprehend a suspect, overturned on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Ratlam; four colleagues were injured and referred to hospitals in Ratlam and Indore.
• At least six people, including four children, were killed and more than 15 injured in two separate accidents in Jharkhand’s Palamu and Latehar districts, one involving a wedding procession van and another a high-speed passenger car overturn.
• In Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh-Chhatarpur State Highway crash, a government-owned SUV collided with a motorcycle, instantly killing three riders, and authorities have charged the driver with negligent driving.
• A head-on collision between two motorcycles near Sundarpur village in Tikamgarh district left two dead and two injured, with local police registering inquiries into the cause.
• Senior officers have been dispatched to oversee victim care and investigations, and state governments announced ex-gratia payments as calls intensify for road safety reforms.