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BJP MP mourns Deoghar tragedy, says 18 Kanwar devotees lost lives
Updated On: 29 July, 2025 12:53 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The district administration is providing relief and rescue operations along with medical facilities for the injured
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The accident took place on Tuesday when a bus carrying devotees collided with a truck File Pic.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deoghar MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday expressed condolences over the deaths of several Kanwar Yatra devotees in a bus accident in Jharkhand`s Deoghar district, claiming that at least 18 people had lost their lives, reported ANI.
"In my Lok Sabha constituency of Deoghar, during the Kanwar Yatra in the month of Shravan, 18 devotees lost their lives due to a bus and truck accident. May Baba Baidyanath Ji grant strength to their families to bear this grief," Dubey wrote on X.
Inspector General (Dumka Zone) Shailendra Kumar Sinha, in his earlier statement, told PTI, “At least five people were killed and many injured when a 32-seater bus with Kanwariyas on board collided with a truck, transporting gas cylinders, near the Jamuniya forest in Deoghar`s Mohanpur."
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