Korba. A speeding tractor hit three bike-riding youths near Dumarkachhar village in Korba district. Two brothers died on the spot in the accident, while the third youth is seriously injured. The case is of Pali police station area.
According to the information, both brothers Ramu Markam and Vishnu Markam had gone to Katghora along with another person from the village. All three were riding on the same bike. All three were returning to their village from there, when a speeding tractor hit the bike of the youths near village Dumarkachhar on the Bilaspur-Ambikapur National Highway. Due to this all the three youths fell down on the road. In the accident, both the real brothers Ramu Markam and Vishnu Markam died on the spot.
People immediately informed the Pali police station about the incident. Police reached the spot and sent the dead bodies of both the youths for postmortem, while the seriously injured youth has been admitted to the hospital in Pali. On the other hand, angry villagers staged a chakkajam for half an hour, which were pacified by persuasion. At present, the traffic has been started smoothly by ending the chakkajam. Pali police station in-charge Abhinav Kant told that the matter is being investigated. He said that the accused tractor driver has been arrested. The tractor has also been seized.
