DSP Asst GM, his wife and in-law die in acciddent in Sikkim

Gangtok, Apr 1 (UNI) Durgapur Steel Plant's assistant general manager Basudev Kotra (50), his wife Suryalekha (45) among three were killed and their three children injured seriously when a four-wheeler carrying them plunged into Rangit river in West Sikkim yesterday, police said today.

The third desease identifed as T Ramanathan (65), mother-in-law of the DSP official.

Daughters Aysharwa and Aunshuya and son Adiya, who were admitted to Namchi hospital with serious injuries, shifted to a hospital in Siliguri in West Bengal today, police added.

Police said the accident occurred when the victims on holiday vacation, were travelling to Darjeeling from Pelling on a rented vehicle that skidded off the road and fell some 100 mts down into Rangit river at Reshi, about 150 south of Gagntok, on Saturday evening. While Mr Kotra and his mother-in-law died on the spot, Suryalekha, a gynaecologist of DSP hospital, died on way to Namchi hospital.

Police today handed over the bodies to the relatives.

UNI