5 women of same family killed

Five women of the same family were killed and six others injured when the van they were travelling in rammed into a tree in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district, police said yesterday.

The victims, who hailed from Malgaon village, were returning from Khatti Khorpa village in neighbouring Raipur district after attending the post-death rituals of their relative.

”The accident occurred around 11pm on Saturday near Kopra village when the driver apparently lost his control over the van and it crashed into the tree,” said the area’s additional superintendent of police.