Two cyclists die in a road mishap at Balipara, Sonitpur District

A CORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR: Two persons, in their mid 30s, died on the spot when their bicycle, on which they were travelling, was hit by a SUV at around 6 am at Balipara, Sonitpur District, Assam near here on Tuesday. The OC of Chariduar Police Station Alimuddin Ahmed informed that a SUV Fortuner bearing registration number AR-05D-2023 from Arunac-hal Pradesh was found at the place of the incident.

Ahmed added that the driver of the SUV along with the owner had fled by the time police reached the spot. A case has been registered in the police station and search is on for the both accused, he added. "The deceased have been identified as Mongol Shiv Boraik (35 years) and Biru Saura (36 years). Both the deceased are daily-wage earner working at the Tea estate near the place of occurrence," he said, adding that the deceased were on their way to work when the SUV hit them at the rear. Ahmed also informed that the formal police procedure of postmortem has been completed and the body of the deceased has been handed over to their respective family.

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