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Greater Noida Bus Fire: Husband Dies En Route to Mother's Funeral, Wife Watches Helplessly
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News18•25-09-2026, 14:10
Greater Noida Bus Fire: Husband Dies En Route to Mother's Funeral, Wife Watches Helplessly
- •Devendra Bhardwaj, traveling with wife Rekha for his mother's funeral, died in a sleeper bus fire in Greater Noida.
- •Rekha escaped, but Devendra, with a leg injury, was trapped and burned alive as his wife watched.
- •Nine people, including one woman, died in the massive bus fire; over 20 passengers were safely evacuated.
- •Harisharan Gupta, father of Radhika and Om, also perished; Om called his sister crying that their father was stuck.
- •Passengers in the front of the bus escaped, but those in the back, including six to seven people, could not get out.
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced financial assistance of 2 lakh rupees for the families of each deceased individual and 50,000 rupees for those who sustained injuries in the accident.
Nine people, including one woman, lost their lives after a massive fire broke out on the private sleeper bus traveling from Delhi to Mahoba.
The tragedy occurred on the Yamuna Expressway near Jewar Airport within the jurisdiction of the Jewar police station in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
