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Amit Shah Expresses Anguish Over Odisha Road Accident That Killed 12

Twelve members of a wedd💞ing party were killed and seven injured after their bus collided head-on with🔯 another in Odisha's Ganjam district.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed anguish over a road accident in Odisha that killed 12 people in a wedding party and said his thoughts are with the victims' family 🥂members.

Twelve members of a wedding party w﷽ere killed and seven injured after their bus collided head-on with another in Odisha's Ganjam district.

"Anguished by the tragic road accident in Digapahandi (Odisha) that claimed precious lives. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with their family me🐬mbers. May🤡 the Almighty give them the strength to bear this. I also pray for the speedy recovery of the injured," Shah said in a tweet.

The accident occur🎉red late on Sunday nearꦡ the Digapahandi area on the Berhampur-Taptapani Road when the bus ferrying the wedding party collided with another passenger vehicle, Superintendent of Police (Berhampur) Saravana Vivek M said. 

The group was returning t🔯o Khandadeuli after attending a wedding ceremony in Berhampur wh🍰en the accident occurred.