India, Nov. 25 -- A senior IAS officer and two others were killed in a road accident in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district on Monday.

The senior IAS officer, Mahantesh Bilagi, was travelling from Vijayapura to Kalaburagi in an Innova car when it met with an accident near Gounahalli in Jewargi taluk of the district, NDTV reported.

He suffered severe injuries in the crash and was rushed to a private hospital in Kalaburagi, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

Bilagi was the managing director (MD) of Karnataka State Minerals Corporation Limited. Prior to this, he was the MD of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), according to NDTV.

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