Six people died a horrific death in a car accident in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun earlier this week as they were returning from a party. The incident took place around 1.30 am at the ONGC Chowk on November 12 when the car they were in collided with a truck, reducing their vehicle to a mangled wreck.

A disturbing video of the incident is doing rounds on social media which shows the impact of the collision was so strong that it tore off the Toyota Innova’s roof and twisted it. Two passengers were left decapitated in the incident. The visuals also show one of the victim’s head ripped off, while another person’s body can be seen twisted inside the crushed car. Several other body parts of the victims are also seen scattered around the road.

According to media reports, a group of seven friends were returning from a party that night and were drunk.

The victims were identified as Kunal Kukreja (23), Atul Agrawal (24), Rishabh Jain (24), Navya Goel (23), Kamakshi (20), and Guneet (19). While, the seventh person, Siddhesh Agrawal (25), who had reportedly hosted the party in Dehradun, is the sole survivor but remains in a critical condition, the police said.

While six victims hailed from Dehradun, Kukreja is from Himachal Pradesh, officials said.

According to the police, it was not immediately clear where the group was coming from and an investigation is underway.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed grief at the loss of lives in the incident.

“The news of the death of six youths in a road accident in Dehradun is extremely heart-rending. I pray to God to grant the departed souls a place at his sacred feet and give strength to the bereaved families to bear the immense pain,” he said.

A 72-year-old retired engineer was duped of more than Rs 10 crore after being kept on “digital arrest” for eight hours at his house in Rohini here, police said on Thursday.

The victim lives with his wife in Rohini’s Sector 10. On a complaint from him, an FIR has been filed by the Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell of the district and it was further investigated by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) wing.

Police managed to freeze Rs 60 lakh as the money was further distributed in several bank accounts.

“It is suspected that the cheating was done by callers from abroad but their associates in India helped them obtain information about the target,” a police officer said.

A dedicated team of police and cyber experts has been tasked with recovering the money and probing the case further, he said.

According to the complainant, he received a call regarding a parcel from Taiwan. The caller told him that the parcel, with his name on it, has been intercepted at the Mumbai airport.

The caller further told him that the parcel contained banned drugs and that Mumbai Police Crime Branch officials would talk to him.

According to the complaint, the victim was told to download Skype for a video call.

“During the video call, he was kept on digital arrest for at least eight hours and the accused allegedly forced him to transfer Rs 10.3 crore to separate accounts. Later, he informed his family members about it,” the officer said.

The victim’s family members approached police in the first week of October and the case under relevant legal provisions was registered.

The victim further told police that the accused threatened him that his two children — a son who lives in Dubai and a daughter who lives in Singapore — will also be targeted.

The victim used to work with a private company. He retired a few years ago. 

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