1 Kanwariya Killed, Another Injured After Speeding Bike Runs Over Them in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar: A speeding bike ran over Kanwariyas who were resting on the roadside in UP's Muzaffarnagar. 

The hit-and-run case has claimed the life of one Kanwar Yatra pilgrim and has injured another one. 

1 Kanwariya Killed, Another Injured after Speeding Bike Runs Over Them

The horrific incident took place on Tuesday night, in Muzaffarnagar city of Uttar Pradesh. 

Narrating the hit-and-run case, the police said that a group of Kanwar Yatra pilgrims were sleeping on the roadside when a speeding bike mowed them and then fled from the spot. 

Police officer Ramashish Yadav told ANI, “It was found that 3 Kanwar devotees who were carrying Kanwar were tired and lay down on the side of the road and a Kanwar devotee was sitting there. A speeding bike hit the sleeping devotee and went away.”

UP Hit-And-Run: Driver on the Run, Investigation Underway

The driver of the bike ran away after the accident and the police is still trying to find him. An investigation in the case is underway.

The Kanwar Yatra commenced on the first day of Sawan (Shravan) on Monday and will culminate on August 2.

In another news, a car was vandalised and its occupants thrashed by 'kanwariyas' who claimed that it had brushed against them here on the Haridwar-Delhi national highway, police said Monday on the first day of the annual kanwar yatra.

The group of devotees claimed that a 'kanwar' belonging to one of them had been rendered impure because the car had touched it near the Bajheri cut under the Chhapar area of the district late Sunday.

(Inputs from PTI)