Firozabad (UP), Oct 25 Four people, three of them teenage girls, were killed when an allegedly speeding car ran over a group performing the immersion of ‘Teshu-Jhanjhi’ on a road near Chhatanpura village on Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred at around 8.30 pm on the Shikohabad-Bateshwar road in Nasirpur Police Station area.
Sirsaganj Circle Officer (CO) Chanchal Tyagi said three of the deceased were women. A few more, including the car occupants, were injured.
The deceased were identified as Anjali and Akanksha, both 15, Babli, 17, and Harish Kumar, 25.
The police detained the car driver and rushed the injured to the district hospital.
According to locals, ‘Teshu-Jhanjhi’ is celebrated in Braj, Bundelkhand and Western Uttar Pradesh.
(PTI News)
