Muzaffarnagar: Six youths from two villages in Haryana’s Hansi district were burnt alive after their car caught fire following a collision with an electricity pole on the Panipat-Khatima National Highway, around 25 km from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, on Monday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Sahil (20), Aman (21), Ajay (21), Ankit (21), another Ankit (21), and Rahul (23).
Four of the youths — Sahil, Rahul and the two Ankits — belonged to Rakhigarhi village, while Aman and Ajay were residents of Moth Rangran village. Ankit and Rahul were brothers.
Aman, Ajay and one of the Ankits were students, while the other three youths were engaged in different occupations.
The tragic incident has plunged both neighbouring villages into mourning. The youths had reportedly left their homes without informing their families around midnight to take a holy dip in the Ganga at Haridwar on the occasion of Monday’s Amavasya.
Their families are in deep shock, and some relatives have already left for Uttar Pradesh to bring back the bodies.
