Nagpur, Aug 3 (UNI) Two clerics of the Barelvi sect were killed in a mishap in Chandrapur district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra today.
According to the police, the clerics, identified as Tahesin Khan Raza (80) and Zahir Khan Raza (65), were killed when the car they were travelling in went out of control and took a tumble near Warora in the district. A third cleric, identified as Qari Imran Khan (45), was hurt seriously and has been rushed to hospital here. The driver of the car, whose name could not be ascertained, sustained minor injuries, the police said.
The three clerics, all residents of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh (UP), were on their way from Nagpur to Chandrapur by road to attend a function there, sources said.
They had arrived in Nagpur earlier in the day by air from New Delhi and had left for Chandrapur after attending a function here, they said.
The bodies were brought to Nagpur after post mortem, and would be flown to New Delhi by air tomorrow morning, the sources added.
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According to the police, the clerics, identified as Tahesin Khan Raza (80) and Zahir Khan Raza (65), were killed when the car they were travelling in went out of control and took a tumble near Warora in the district. A third cleric, identified as Qari Imran Khan (45), was hurt seriously and has been rushed to hospital here. The driver of the car, whose name could not be ascertained, sustained minor injuries, the police said.
The three clerics, all residents of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh (UP), were on their way from Nagpur to Chandrapur by road to attend a function there, sources said.
They had arrived in Nagpur earlier in the day by air from New Delhi and had left for Chandrapur after attending a function here, they said.
The bodies were brought to Nagpur after post mortem, and would be flown to New Delhi by air tomorrow morning, the sources added.
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