September 30, 2012 8:45 PM

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Seven pilgrims killed in West Bengal as bus overturns

In West Bengal, seven pilgrims were killed and 11 injured when a bus, on way from Tarapith to Kolkata, overturned at Gurap in Hooghy district today. Burdwan Superintendent of Police S M H Mirza said, the bus, carrying over 30 pilgrims from Vaishali district in Bihar, was on a tour of religious places in the region and had arrived at Tarapith Kali temple from Deoghar's Basukinath temple in neighbouring Jharkhand. The injured were being treated at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital where the condition of some was stated to be critical. Mirza said, the driver probably lost control and the vehicle overturned twice.

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