Kolkata, Sep 27, 2025
In a tragic incident, three people died while three others were severely injured after a four-wheeler, in which they were travelling, rammed into a stack of bricks in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, the police said on Saturday.
The incident took place at Anantapur in Hooghly district on Friday night. The accident occurred while they were bringing Durga idols for their community puja at Polba-Dadpur block in the same district.
It is learned that members of Shankarbati village in Polba had gone to bring Durga idols from Patuapara in Chandannagar. According to the police, even though the truck bringing idols reached the village, the four-wheeler behind it had not yet arrived. There were six people in that car, including the driver. A member of the puja committee said