Two Urdu poets killed in accident

Faizabad, July 12: Urdu poets Hamid Bahraichi and Rajiv Raj were today killed when the car in which they were travelling collided with a stationary truck in Gosaiganj police station area here.

The accident occurred when the speeding car, which Raj was driving, hit the truck parked on the road, Police inspector, Gosaiganj, Ram Bachan Rao said, adding both of them died on the spot.

The victims were on their way back after attending a ‘mushaira’ (poetic seminary) organized by Congress MLA from Maharashtra Sayyad Ahmad in Ambedkarnagar.
–PTI