Five killed as car plunges into dam in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh
Pachore police station in-charge Shakuntala Bamniya told The Hindu that all five men hailed from neighbouring Shajapur district and were travelling to a famous temple in Khujner. “The car also flipped before plunging into the 10-12 feet deep water. Postmortem tests were conducted on them after which the bodies were handed over to their families,” she said.
- ▪Pachore police station in-charge Shakuntala Bamniya told The Hindu that all five men hailed from neighbouring Shajapur district and were travelling to a famous temple in Khujner.
- ▪“The car also flipped before plunging into the 10-12 feet deep water.
- ▪Postmortem tests were conducted on them after which the bodies were handed over to their families,” she said.
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Five people were killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district on Saturday (July 25, 2026) after a car they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a small dam reservoir, police said.According to the police, the incident took place around 12 p.m. near Bhilkhedi junction on the border of Pachore and Khujner police stations when the car lost control while approaching a culvert and fell into the reservoir. Pachore police station in-charge Shakuntala Bamniya told The Hindu that all five men hailed from neighbouring Shajapur district and were travelling to a famous temple in Khujner. Ms.
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