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4 Members of the Same Family Die as Car Falls 500 Feet into Gorge in Bhawali

May 23, 2026

Bhawali: A horrific road accident in Bhawali, Nainital, has completely devastated the once-joyful family of Bhupendra Singh Chufal, a resident of Amau in Khatima. This family, which had set out on Thursday to offer prayers at Kainchi Dham, never returned. On Friday, four funeral pyres were lit simultaneously from their home.

Family on Holiday Trip Meets with Tragic Accident

Bhupendra Singh Chufal (48), who worked as a Chief Manager at a private company in Lucknow, had come to his in-laws’ home with his wife and children to spend their summer holidays. On Thursday afternoon, around 2:15 PM, while travelling on the Bhawali-Almora Highway his car suddenly went out of control and plunged into a 500-foot-deep gorge.

The impact was so severe that the car was reduced to mangled wreckage. Bhupendra Singh, his wife Seema, their son Vasu, their daughter Ravi and their driver, Anuj Mishra, all died on the spot in the accident. The SDRF and the police used ropes to retrieve the bodies from the gorge.

Emotional Farewell in Khatima

On Friday, when the four mortal remains arrived at their residence in Amau, Khatima a massive crowd of mourners gathered there. Subsequently, the final rites were performed at Sharda Ghat in Banbasa, where the scene moved everyone present to tears. Husband Bhupendra Singh and wife Seema were laid side-by-side on a single funeral pyre and given the ritual fire.

Their son Vasu and daughter Ravi were cremated nearby on separate pyres.

Family Home Left in Deep Mourning

Bhupendra had been residing in the Amau region for the past 35 years. At home, only his elderly mother remains; she is inconsolable and in a state of utter distress from constant weeping. The very home that once resonated with the joy of holidays and the sounds of laughter is now shrouded in nothing but silence and mourning.