AGARTALA, 27 March, 2021 (TON): On Saturday, at least 4 BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders died in a truck accident in Southern Tripura’s Gomati district, police said.

Among the dead included three women and eight others injured when the vehicle overturned. .

Three women and a man accompanied by other workers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party returning home in a Maxi truck suddenly lost control and overturned killing the four local leaders at Chellagung late Friday, the police officials affirmed.

After attending a public meeting organized in connection with the 6 April elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, the deceased Urbashi Kanya Jamatia, 45; Mamata Rani Jamatia, 26; Rachana Devi Jamatia, 30 and Gahin Kumar Jamatia, 65 along with other BJP workers were returning to their Natun Bazar home.

The eight BJP workers, who sustained serious injuries, were admitted to a government hospital.

Condolences from the leaders came following the incident, and also from the Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and BJP state President Manik Saha, who addressed the election rally.