BSP candidate from Karnaprayag killed in road mishap

GOPESHWAR: BSP candidate from Karnaprayag,

Kuldip Singh Kanwasi

, was killed and two others were injured when their car fell into a gorge in

Uttarakhand

's Chamoli district Sunday evening.

The three were admitted in a hospital in Karnaprayag where Kanwasi succumbed to his injuries, Chamoli District Magistrate Vinod Kumar Suman said.

Karnaprayag is a high profile constituency from where Deputy Speaker of the state assembly Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri is contesting.

The accident occurred at a place called Patuwa Tital on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway, he said.