Overview
- On Saturday evening an SUV traveling from Mandla toward Jabalpur was wedged between two dumpers, dragged for roughly 200–500 metres and then burst into flames, killing both occupants.
- Firefighters extinguished the blaze and police recovered two severely charred bodies that were sent for post-mortem after panchnama at the scene.
- The dumper driver abandoned his vehicle and fled the site, and Barela police have registered a hit-and-run case and formed a special team to trace the vehicle and driver using CCTV footage.
- Reporting differs on the victims’ identities and home districts, with some outlets naming Prashant and Monu Sharma from Rohtak and others naming Parveen and Monu Sharma from Bhiwani, while police say the Scorpio belonged to Gaurav Kumar of Rohtak.
- Locals and eyewitnesses said the fire spread so quickly that rescue attempts failed, and investigators will reconstruct the collision, ownership and sequence of events as forensic results and identity checks proceed.