Nine killed as van gets swept away in swollen drain in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh
Police said the van ignored warnings before entering floodwater, and authorities announced ₹4 lakh compensation for each of the nine victims.
- On Monday, August 10, 2026, a van carrying 11 passengers was swept away in a drain near Padana bypass in Rajgarh, killing nine people; two occupants managed to swim to safety.
- Despite warnings from locals to avoid the flooded bridge, driver Mukesh Parmar attempted to cross the high-flowing water amid cloudburst-like rain that caused widespread water-logging.
- Teams from the State Disaster Emergency Response Force and Home Guard recovered nine bodies by afternoon and used a crane to extract the submerged van from the drain.
- Sarangpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate Rohit Bamhore announced financial aid of ₹4 lakh for next of kin of each deceased, while police registered a case investigating the driver's negligence.
- Nearly 45 villages across the tehsil face flood-like conditions; in a separate incident, six devotees stranded in a temple in Khilchipur were safely evacuated after the Gadganga River swelled.
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Sambad EnglishNine killed after van swept away in swollen drain in MP's Rajgarh
Sarangpur SDOP said the driver carelessly drove the van into the strong current of the drain on the road near the Padana bypass, and it sank in no time, killing
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In a shocking and saddening incident, nine people lost their lives after a Maruti Suzuki Eeco passenger van fell in a swollen open drain. The incident happened in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district on Monday.According to the reports, there were 11 people in the van, out of which nine died and two were rescued alive.The accident happened after incessant rains led to the Jhiri drain overflowing n
Nine killed as van gets swept away in swollen drain in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh
Nine people died after a van was swept away in a swollen nullah in Rajgarh. The incident occurred on Monday morning near Sarangpur town amid heavy rains. Two occupants managed to swim to safety while others were lost to the current. Local villagers and administration staff had warned the driver about the dangerous conditions. A case has been registered at the Sarangpur police station following the tragedy.
Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district has been experiencing torrential rain for two days. Meanwhile, a major accident occurred near Padana on the Pachor-Sarangpur road. An Eco van carrying 11 passengers was swept away in a swollen drain. The family in the van was from Dewas district.
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