<br/>In Andhra Pradesh, five persons including four women were killed and three persons injured in a road accident at Pallumala Puram village in the East Godawari district on Thursday morning. The accident occurred when a jeep belonging to the convoy of Minister of State for Defence, M.M. Pallam Raju collided with an Auto Riksha. Four women died on the spot while the man died on way to the hospital. All the victims were travelling in the ill-fated auto-riksha. The injured people have been admitted to a hospital in Kakinada. The accident occurred when the Minister was going to attend a function to inaugurate BSNL G-3 mobile services at Kakinada.<br/>