Bhubaneswar: In a tragedy beyond words, 20 passengers travelling in a luxury bus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru were charred to death when the vehicle caught fire in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool on Friday morning.

Among those who lost their lives was an Odisha youth. ADVERTISEMENT

He has been identified as Kengua Deepak Kumar, a software engineer from Ambadala village, under Muniguda block in Rayagada district.

According to reports, Deepak was employed as a software engineer in Bengaluru, and was returning from Hyderabad where he visited his sister.

He boarded a private sleeper coach bus on Thursday night. Unfortunately, the bus hit a motor cycle when most of the 42 people on board were sleeping. The fire started from the fuel tank of the two-wheeler, which got trapped under the bus. Sparks

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