Scribe killed in road accident near Piplani

A journalist with a local daily was killed when an unknown speeding vehicle hit him in Bhopal, police said.

Adiya Verma (32), who worked with a Hindi daily in Bhopal, was returning home from his office on his motorcycle in the wee hours on Sunday when a speeding vehicle coming from the opposite direction knocked him down at J K Road in Piplani area in Bhopal, they said.

The victim was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The deceased hailed from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh and was living in Bhopal in a rented house in New Subhash Nagar area.

Police said they have registered a case in this regard and collected some evidence from the accident site to identify the killer vehicle.