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This is an archive article published on March 7, 2017
Popular folk singer Kalika Prasad dies in accident in West Bengal’s Burdwan district
Bhattacharya was travelling along with four members of his Bangla band, 'Dohar', when their SUV was hit from behind by a truck on NH 2 and fell into a shallow waterbody.
Popular Bengali folk music singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya died in an accident. (Source: Youtube video grab)
Popular Bengali folk music singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya died in a road accident at Palsit in West Bengal’s Burdwan district on Tuesday. He was 56.
A senior district police officer said Bhattacharya was travelling along with four members of his Bangla band, ‘Dohar’, when their SUV was hit from behind by a truck on NH 2 and fell into a shallow waterbody.
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Bhattacharya was rescued from the mangled vehicle along with other occupants of the car and rushed to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital where the Silchar-born singer was declared brought dead, the officer said.
Four others were undergoing treatment at the hospital and the condition of three of them was stated to be critical, the officer said.
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