Three brothers die in Madhubani accident

PATNA: Three brothers died in a road accident on NH-105 under Kaluahi police station area in Madhubani district late Friday night. Their another cousin was critically injured when their bike rammed into a stationary truck parked on the roadside. All four were without helmets and travelling on the same bike.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Shahnawaz (18), his elder brother Mohammad Sajjad (28) and their cousin Mohammad Niyaz (30).Mohammad Tammanah (23) was critically injured. They belonged to Malmal under Kaluahi police station area but were settled in Mumbai with their families. They had come to the village a few days back to observe Muharram.
Kaluahi police station SHO Rajkumar Mandal said all four were travelling on a single bike and without helmet. They were going to Haripur Kazi Tola where their maternal family lives. He said the accident spot is hardly a kilometre away from the hamlet.
Mandal said the three died on the spot due to severe head injuries. However, all four were rushed to a nearby primary health centre where doctors gave initial treatment to Tamannah and referred him to the Sadar hospital.
“Their fathers have refused to get postmortems conducted. Police, along with circle officer, had visited their residence on Saturday morning to make them understand that postmortem and an FIR were necessary for ex gratia payment. But they refused,” he said.
The SHO said a station diary entry would be made for the deaths and an FIR would be registered for further investigation if the family members agreed.