August 18th 2023.
A pall of gloom descended in Dogawan, Kankaria and Kasrawad villages of Khargone district when the bodies of five friends who were killed in a road accident in Khandwa district arrived here on Friday morning. Heart-rending scenes were witnessed as the last journey of the accident victims began for the cremation ground on the outskirts of the village. As the pyres were lit, the grief-stricken family members of the victims could not control their emotions and were seen wailing inconsolably for their near-and-dear ones.
The deceased were identified as Alkesh Bharud, 26, Manish Verma, 36, and Pukhram Namdev, all three residents of Dogawan village, Bharat, 40, a resident of Kankaria village, and Aditya Sharma, 25, a resident of Kasrawad village. They were travelling from Punasa to their native places when their car collided head-on with a trailer truck near Daulatpura Fanta, about five kilometres from Punasa tehsil headquarters of Khandwa district on Thursday at 10 pm.
The accident was so severe that the car was completely crushed and initially, the bodies stuck in the rubble could not be recognised. It was only after the police managed to ascertain their identities based on the car number plate that the victims were identified. The post-mortem of the deceased took place at Punasa Community Health Centre at 7 am on Friday, and by 9 am, the bodies were taken to their native villages.
The news of the tragedy spread like wildfire and soon, a pall of gloom gripped the villagers. Aditya Sharma, 25, was the only son of a cloth merchant from Kasrawad. He got married about eight months back in January. Pukhram, a resident of Dogawan in Khargone, used to run a grocery shop along with farming. He got engaged about two months ago and was set to get married next year. The car which met with the fatal end was registered on the name of Manish Verma's father, Tarachand Verma, a resident of Dogavan village. Alkesh Yadav used to work as a driver and is survived by his wife and four daughters. Bharat Mukati was a farmer by profession and had two sons.
The sudden death of these five friends has sent shock waves through their villages. The tragedy is compounded by the fact that the victims had their whole future ahead of them, but it has been cruelly snatched away. The villagers can only hope that the families of the deceased find solace in this difficult time.
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