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Armyman dies in accident
Barwani: A 34-year-old Naik of the Indian Army died on Wednesday in a road accident on the outskirts of Sendhwa on the Agra Mumbai National Highway under the Sendhwa Rural Police Station area of Barwani district.
SDOP Sendhwa Ajay Waghmare told TOI, "34-year-old Dhana Ji Kolekar, driving a car, lost control after being hit by an unknown vehicle from the rear side on the Agra Mumbai National Highway, and his car overturned in a ditch."
He said, "On receiving information about the incident, Dhana Ji was taken to the govt Civil Hospital of Sendhwa with the help of Highway Mobile, where doctors declared him dead."
Dhana Ji, originally a resident of Eidapida of Bhoom Tehsil of Dharashiv (Osmanabad) district of Maharashtra, was returning home after taking leave for the marriage of his nephew, said SDOP.
He was originally associated with Mhow Cantonment but was currently posted as Naik in EME Army Cantt, Jalandhar, Punjab. His family and Mhow cantonment officials were informed, and the body was handed over to kin after conducting an autopsy on Thursday. He is survived by his wife and two children.
He said that the vehicle that hit Dhana Ji's car from behind is a car and is being searched for.
