In a heart-wrenching Incident Five Devotees Lost their Lives and One was critically Injured when Truck, bearing the Registration Number RJ 10GC 0217 crashed into a Group of pilgrims outside the Mahamaya Temple in Assam’s Kokrajhar District on Monday morning.
The Accident Took Place in the Kachugaon Area. A gathering of Devotees had assembled for the Bol Bom Yatra, an Annual pilgrimage during the holy month of Shravan. The pilgrims congregated at the Mahamaya Temple to Perform Jal Abhishekam. This is a sacred ritual involving pouring of water Over a deity. As the Devotees were in the midst of their Religious observances a speeding Truck suddenly veered off the Road. It plowed into the crowd. The impact was devastating. It instantly claimed the Lives of Four Individuals. Pushpraj Singh, the Superintendent of Police for Kokrajhar District confirmed the Tragic Loss of life. He stated, “Four People Died after the Truck hit them in front of Mahamaya Temple in Kachugaon Area. One more person was critically injured in the incident and was Rushed to the Hospital” The victims have been Identified as Sukra Kanta Roy (20) Joyo Roy (11), Bappi Ghosh (21) and Basudev Roy (22) all Residents of Hatigarh Village No. 1 in Gossaigaon. Each of these young Lives was cut short in blink of an eye. This left their Families and the Local Community in profound grief.
Five killed, three injured after speeding truck hits devotees in Kokrajhar
