What will I do with ₹ 2 lakh? “ My home has been devastated.
A man whose parents were travelling on a Bihar-registered bus that caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida said his father is still missing while his injured mother is hospitalised. Now I have nothing left,” he said, as he spoke about the loss his family has suffered.
He recalled speaking to them around 10 pm, but was unable to contact them the following morning. The bus, bearing registration number BR32PA8647, was travelling from Kashmere Gate in New Delhi to Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh when it caught fire near the 33-km milestone on the expressway in the Jewar police station area.
Sarvoday Bharadwaj said his parents were travelling to attend a family gathering following the death of his grandmother when the incident took place.
My parents were travelling to be with the family when this tragedy happened. Everything was fine. His father, who had undergone surgery on his leg and had a rod in it, was unable to move quickly during the chaos.
I spoke to them at around 10 pm. At 6 in the morning, I tried tracking the bus, but the location was unavailable.
Their phones were switched off,” Sarvoday told NDTV. Sarvoday also said that his mother was injured while attempting to leave the bus after the fire broke out. “My grandmother passed away yesterday.
Kumar said a preliminary investigation indicated that a spark or blast in the air-conditioning system might have caused the engine lubricant oil to catch fire, following which the blaze spread rapidly.
