Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Couple Found Dead Under Container After Nashik Ghat Accident
A large container truck overturned on a road at New Kasara Ghat.
A couple riding a two-wheeler behind it was trapped underneath.
At first, people did not know the couple was there.
The next day, a disaster management team came to lift the container with a crane.
They noticed a strong smell and alerted the police.
When the container was lifted, rescuers found the couple and their crushed two-wheeler.
Their family had been searching for them after they did not return from a ceremony.
Police are investigating the accident.
A container overturned at New Kasara Ghat around 11 a.m. Friday.
A two-wheeler carrying Jalinder Bhagat and Anusaya Bhagat was trapped beneath it.
The couple’s deaths were discovered the following day as workers lifted the container.
The couple’s bodies and crushed two-wheeler were found under the vehicle.
Police began investigating after relatives identified the couple, who lived in Ghoti.
- Who
- Jalinder Bhagat and Anusaya Bhagat, a couple from Ghoti.
- What
- They died after their two-wheeler was trapped beneath an overturned container.
- When
- The container overturned Friday around 11 a.m.; the couple was found the following day.
- Where
- New Kasara Ghat on the Mumbai-Nashik highway.
- Why
- The container reportedly overturned after its driver lost control at a bend; the couple’s two-wheeler was travelling behind it.
- Accident location
- New Kasara Ghat, on the Mumbai-Nashik highway
- Reported accident time
- Around 11 a.m. Friday
- Vehicle involved
- Mumbai-bound container, registration NL 01N 0688
- Deceased
- Jalinder Bhagat and Anusaya Bhagat
- Residents of
- Ghoti
- Discovery
- Their bodies were found beneath the container the following day, when it was lifted with a crane.
- Investigation
- Kasara police began investigating the accident.