Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother-in-law Rakesh Tiwari died in a road accident in Dhanbad on Saturday.
They said Tripathi’s sister, Sabita Tiwari, was injured in the incident.
A police officer said the accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. at Nirsa Bazar on the Delhi-Kolkata National Highway-2 when the car the couple was travelling in hit a road divider.
They were headed to West Bengal from Gopalganj district of Bihar.
Rakesh Tiwari was declared dead at the Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH), Dhanbad. Both were rushed there after the accident, the officer said.
Tripathi’s sister, who suffered a leg fracture, is out of danger, SNMMCH Emergency HOD Dr Dinesh Kumar Gindauria said.
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