10 dead, 29 injured in two road mishaps in Gujarat, police van carrying 12 Pakistani fishermen to Wagah border also hit

Bhuj:

At least 10 people died and 29 other injured in two road mishaps in Kutch district today even as in one of the accidents a police van carrying 12 Pakistani fishermen released from a local jail for sending them back to Pakistan was also hit by another vehicle but all of them had a miraculous escape.

Police said that in the first incident on Bhuj-Nakhatrana road near Vadhai village in Mankuwa area 6 people, all labourers, sitting in an auto-rickshaw died when their vehicle collided head on with a speed truck from the opposite side.

Three others injured in the incident.

In the second mishap Near Adesar checkpost on Radhanpur road in the district a mini truck and trailer collided first and later hit the police van carrying the 12 released Pakistani fisherman. 4 people sitting in the mini truck died while 26 others injured.

Two policeman in the police van also sustained minor injuries however none of the 12 Pakistani fishermen being taken to Wagha border in Punjab for handing over to Pakistani authorities were injured. They were caught from Indian waters off the Gujarat coast.

DeshGujarat