Four members of a family were killed and another was injured after a speeding SUV allegedly hit them on the Fagi-Chaksu Road in Jaipur district on Friday, police said.
Locals alerted the police and ambulance services following the accident. Police and officials held talks with the protesters, following which the blockade was cleared. Police identified the deceased as Satyanarayan (65), his wife Manmouj (60), their daughters-in-law Amrita Devi (35) and Shimla Devi (23). Satyanarayan’s son and Amrita’s husband, Badrinarayan Kumhar (38), was injured in the accident. Police reached the spot and the bodies were taken to Fagi Sub-District Hospital in a 108 ambulance. Following the accident, angry residents blocked the road, demanding ₹ 1 crore in compensation and contractual government jobs for the families of each of the deceased.
Police said an investigation into the circumstances leading to the accident was underway and efforts were being made to trace the driver.
Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal also expressed condolences to the bereaved family and demanded an investigation into the accident. The family was returning home to Kumhar locality on Diggi Road in Fagi after working in their fields when the car hit them on State Highway-2.
