His friend Munni Giri (26) was also killed, police said.
Bareilly/Dehradun, June 26
Uttarakhand Education Minister Arvind Pandey’s son Ankur was killed after the car in which he was travelling hit a truck in UP’s Bareilly district, the police said on Wednesday.
Ankur, 24, was on his way to Gorakhpur on Tuesday night along with two friends to attend a wedding when the incident happened near Future College on the Lucknow road in the district’s Faridpur area. His friend Munni Giri (26) was also killed in the accident, the police said.
The other person has been injured and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital, they added.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand’s Trivendra Singh Rawat have expressed grief over the deaths and extended condolences to the bereaved family.
Rawat attended Ankur’s cremation at Goolarbhoj in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, which was also attended by state Transport Minister Yashpal Arya and former chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshiyari. PTI
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