Three members of a family from Surat who were on a pilgrimage to Char Dham drowned: Car plunges into river in Uttarkashi, neighbour says 'police informed about death when they called to enquire about their well-being'

Ashokbhai Patel, a resident of Surat and a lawyer, and his family were killed in an accident on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarkashi. While others were injured and rushed to the hospital. Ashokbhai Patel, along with his wife, two children and three other relatives, had set out on a pilgrimage from Surat to Char Dham on October 31. Today, he was passing through the Gangotri National Highway in an Innova car when the car fell into a deep gorge and into the river. Neighbour said, 'I had darshan when I was in Gangotri' When Bhaskar reached Ashokbhai Patel's residence in Shivalik Residency in Surat, the house was found locked. A young man living in the neighbourhood said that Vedant (Ashokbhai Patel's son) and his family had visited Gangotri when they were in Gangotri but did not have much conversation. He was on his way to Kedarnath today when the accident occurred. Vedant and his family had set out on a pilgrimage to Char Dham on October 31. Parents and daughter die, son under treatment According to the details, Ashokbhai Patel, his wife Sudhaben Patel and daughter Rutika Patel were killed in the accident in Uttarkashi. While Vedanta was seriously injured, he is undergoing treatment. Katargam Circle Officer Sanjay Hadiya said that as per the information received from the Uttarkashi disaster, the Innova car full of seven people fell into a ditch near the Gangotri National Highway. Four people, including the driver, were killed in the accident, two people are missing and one person is injured, who has been sent to the hospital for treatment. A total of four people, including two people from Surat, a driver and a person from Surendranagar, have died. Two members of Ashokbhai's family have died, one is missing and his son Vedanta is injured and is being treated at the hospital. Ashokbhai Patel practised as a lawyer Ashokbhai Patel, the victim of the accident, was a lawyer. While daughter Rutika studied up to BCA and was preparing for a government job. Son Vedanta is studying in 12 science. The Patel family is found to be originally from the Pacham village of Dhandhuka. Deeply saddened to hear the news of Sudhaben and her family: Pintuben The family was very devout and funny in nature. Sudhaben used to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and go to the temple of Kantareshwar Mahadev to offer prayers, so we did not even dream that this would happen and we were also saddened to hear the very sad news this morning. Kiranben, who lives in the New Ranip area of Ahmedabad along with Ashokbhai's family, also went on a pilgrimage to Chardham. After the accident, Kiranben was found missing. When Bhaskar visited their house in Ahmedabad, Kiranben's husband and father-in-law met her. Kiranben's father-in-law said, "On the 30th, he went on a pilgrimage from Ahmedabad to Surat and from there to Chardham. More details are currently being sought by Kiranben's family. Also read: 4 killed, including 3 Gujaratis, after falling into Innova river in Uttarkashi The Innova car of devotees from Surat fell into the Bhagirathi river after falling into a deep gorge of about 300 meters on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarkashi. 4 people were killed in the accident, while a 17-year-old boy was seriously injured. On the other hand, 2 women are still missing. (Read the full news)