In a tragic mishap, Uttarakhand Education Minister Arvind Pandey’s son Ankur Pandey (24) was killed after his car hit a truck in Bareilly district.
Sources said that Ankur, was on his to Gorakhpur on Tuesday night along with two friends to attend a wedding when the accident took place near Future College on Lucknow road in the district’s Faridpur area.
His friend Munni Giri (26) was also killed in the accident, th Bareilly police said.
The other person in the car was injured and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, the police said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief over the deaths and extended condolences to the bereaved family.
Rawat attended Ankur’s cremation at Goolarbhoj in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. State Transport Minister Yashpal Arya and former chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshiyari were also present at the cremation.
