India, Feb. 8 -- Six people, including four pilgrims from Belagavi, were killed and 16 sustained injuries in a road accident that took place at Mhow-Khalghat near Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning, police officers aware of the matter said.

The incident took place when the victims were returning from the Maha Kumbh Mela held at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and the tempo traveller in which they were travelling collided with a bike and later crashed into a dumper truck. Among the deceased, the four from Belagavi were travelling on the tempo, while the remaining two were on the bike, they added.

Karnataka Public Works Department minister Satish Jarkiholi, who is also in charge of Belagavi district, expressed condolences over the trag...