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Bhanbhua (Gonda). Time 9 am. Tea, paan and juice shops were set up at the crossing near Huzurpur railway crossing. Everything was going on as usual. Karan Bhushan Singh's convoy of 10 to 12 vehicles left. Most of the vehicles of the convoy had already left. The crossing was closed on the information of the arrival of the intercity train.When the crossing opened, the Fortuner car in the convoy left. It had just reached 300 meters when the accident happened. The injured were rushed to the community health center with cries, where the doctor declared the injured Rehan Khan and Shahzad Khan dead. While Sita Devi of Chhatai Purva, who was injured in the accident, was referred to the medical college. The haste to join the convoy swallowed two lives.

The atmosphere changed into screams, anger and protests

The daily routine which was normal till nine in the morning, after half an hour the atmosphere changed into screaming, anger and protest. After the two brothers of the doctor were declared dead in the CHC at around nine-thirty in the morning, people from Chhataipurva, Nindra and other nearby villages and towns started gathering. By ten in the morning about 500 people had gathered at the Community Health Center. The angry crowd started raising slogans due to the accident. The Colonelganj-Huzurpur road was blocked demanding action.

There was a jam for one kilometer

After the death of two brothers, due to the protest of the villagers, there was a jam of about one kilometer from Gonda-Lucknow highway to Huzurpur crossing. Traffic came to a halt on both sides of the road. Police and administrative officials pacified the people by taking the vehicle into custody and informing them that the driver has been taken into custody. The road remained jammed for an hour till 11 am. Kotwal Colonelganj Nirbhay Narayan Singh said that traffic has been restored after pacifying the people. Peace and order is maintained.

Shahzad came from Saudi

Nindra resident Shahzad alias Shehzade came home from Saudi Arabia after a year on Tuesday evening. In the morning he left for Colonelganj with his cousin Rehan to get medicine. Deceased Shahzad's father Azad Khan works in Kolkata. His mother is a housewife. Deceased Rehan's mother Chanda Begum is inconsolable and crying. She says that both of them left on the bike saying that they were going to get medicine. After this she fainted and fell down. Rehan was the eldest of two brothers. Rehan's father Ajmeri Khan lives in Saudi Arabia. He was also informed about the accident over the phone.

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