Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother-in-law Rakesh Tiwari died in a road accident in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad on Saturday, news agency PTI reported, citing police. The police said that Tripathi’s sister, Sabita Tiwari, sustained injuries in the incident.
According to a police officer, the accident took place at around 4.30 pm at Nirsa Bazar on the Delhi-Kolkata National Highway-2, when the car in which the couple was travelling hit a road divider, PTI reported.
The couple was headed to West Bengal from the Gopalganj district of Bihar. Rakesh Tiwari was declared dead at the Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH), Dhanbad, where they were rushed after the accident, the officer said. SNMMCH Emergency HOD Dinesh Kumar Gindauria said that Pankaj Tripathi’s sister, who suffered a leg fracture, is out of danger.
