Actor Pankaj Tripathi's brother-in-law dies in road accident
Pankaj Tripathi
Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother-in-law Rakesh Tiwari died in a road accidenton Saturday (April 20), police said. Tripathi’s sister Sabita Tiwari was injured in the incident, they said.
The accident occurred around 4.30 pm at Nirsa Bazar on the Delhi-Kolkata National Highway-2, when the car in which the couple was travelling hit a road divider, a police officer said. They were headed to West Bengal from Gopalganj district of Bihar.
Rakesh Tiwari was declared dead at the Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH), Dhanbad, where they were rushed to after the accident, the officer said.
Tripathi’s sister, who suffered a leg fracture, is out of danger, SNMMCH Emergency HOD Dr Dinesh Kumar Gindauria said. Police said that Rakesh was driving when the car lost its control and ramped on the divider.Investigating is currently underway.
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Tripathi and his family have faced another heartbreaking tragedy just a few months after the actor lost his father.In August 2023, the actor's father, Pandit Banaras Tiwari died at the age of 99.
