Seven MBBS students, including the son of BJP MLA, were killed in Wardha district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Tuesday (25 January 2022) when their car fell off a bridge.

The incident happened near the village of Sersula, 77 kilometers from Nagpur, and an official told all seven students that they died at the scene.

One of the seven students, Avishkar Rahangdale, is the son of Tirora BJP MLA Vijay Rahangdale. He is a first-year MBBS student at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Vodasavanji (Meg).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his deep grief for the victims and announced that the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) is offering special benefits to the victims.

According to police, they returned from the neighbouring Yavatmal district after celebrating a student’s birthday.

The SUV was razed to the ground as a result of the crash.

All the deceased were students of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Dr. Abhyuday Meghe, OSD of the Datta Meg Institute of Medical Sciences, told PTI news agency.

“One of the deceased was a medical trainee. Of the remaining six students, there were two each in the final year, the third year and the first year,” he said.

The other six deceased were identified as Niraj Chauhan from Daudpur, Pratyush Singh from Gorakhpur, Shubham Jaiswal, Vivek Nandan and Pawan Shakti from Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) (all from Gaya, Bihar), and from Odisha Niteesh Kumar Singh, State Belapur.

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