Uttar Pradesh: Two Nepalese pilgrims killed in accident in Gonda district

Two pilgrims from Nepal died and nine were injured when their tempo overturned on the Gonda-Ayodhya Highway in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Wednesday.

The accident occurred late on Tuesday when the Nepalese pilgrims were returning to Gonda after paying obeisance in Ayodhya. They were supposed to return to Nepal from Gonda, Additional Superintendent of Police Shivraj said.

The tempo overturned while trying to overtake a truck. Eleven people injured in the accident were taken to a hospital where 55-year-old Basudev Godia and 50-year-old Ramraj Kurmi were declared dead, he said.

The condition of the nine others is stated to be stable.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the police said.