Rayagada: A young software engineer from Odisha was among the 20 passengers who lost their lives in a tragic bus fire in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh early Friday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Kengua Deepak Kumar, a resident of Ambadala village under Muniguda block in Rayagada district.

According to reports, Deepak, who was working as a software engineer in Bengaluru, had recently visited his siblings in Hyderabad. On the night of October 23, he boarded a private sleeper coach bus bound for Bengaluru. The bus caught fire near Chinnatekuru village in Kurnool district around 3:30 am on October 24, resulting in one of the most horrific road accidents in recent times.

A pall of gloom has descended on Deepak’s family and native village as news of his death spread. His

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