Mysuru, Jan. 29 -- They were on Kashi pilgrimage

An Assistant Priest of Venugopalaswamy Temple at the backwaters of KRS is among two killed in a road accident at Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the early hours of Jan. 27.

The deceased have been identified as S.P. Ramakrishna Sharma (31), Assistant Priest and his friend from Bengaluru, Arun Shastri (38). It is learnt that Ramakrishna Sharma was the only son to his parents and was a bachelor.

It is learnt that Ramakrishna Sharma, along with a few of his friends from Bengaluru, had gone on a pilgrimage to Kashi.

While returning from Kashi on Jan. 27 early morning in a car, they reportedly met with a road accident at Mirzapur resulting in serious head injuries to Sharma and Shastri. The...