CHANDIGARH: At least six devotees were killed and 21 others sustained injuries after a bus overturned in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib while they were returning from Anandpur Sahib, police said on Wednesday. The accident took place near Himmatpura on the Morinda–Chunni road in the Bassi Pathana area at around 10 pm on Tuesday. The devotees, all residents of Main Majri in Fatehgarh Sahib, were on their way back from Anandpur Sahib in Rupnagar district after paying obeisance on the occasion of Baisakhi, according to news agency PTI. According to a police official, the bus overturned on the road due to a suspected malfunction. Six people, including a woman, died in the incident, while 21 others were injured, Fatehgarh Sahib Deputy Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar said. The injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals, police added.
