3 burnt alive as car catches fire in Ajmer

Ajmer: Three men were burnt alive when their car caught fire after colliding with a divider in Ajmer district late Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Two others sustained critical burn injuries in the accident that took place on Lohagal road.

Sohail Khan, Jai Sankhla, and Shakti Singh were killed while Krishna Murari and Umesh Kumar sustained injuries. They were returning from Pushkar.

Some passersby broke windowpanes of the car and pulled out Murari and Kumar but the others could not be rescued, police said.

The car had a gas kit installed and due to the sudden collision, there was a spark in the car due to which it caught fire. According to the information, all five people in the car were working in Civil Defence.