Indore Police’s ‘Yamraj’ Jawahar Singh dies in an accident while tending a cow | Latest Indian News

Indore Police Head Constable ‘Yamraj’ Jawahar Singh Yadav died of electrocution while tending to his cow, which also died in the incident.

Superintendent of Police Jawahar Singh Yadav, popularly known as 'Yamraj', tragically died due to electrocution. (Facebook) — Superintendent of Police Jawahar Singh Yadav, popularly known as ‘Yamraj’, tragically died due to electrocution. (Facebook)

Yadav became famous during the COVID-19 pandemic for dressing up as Yamraj, the Hindu god of death, to spread awareness and urge people to stay home and get vaccinated.

He also wore Yamraj’s costume in campaigns urging two-wheeler riders to wear helmets, making him a familiar figure and his photographs and videos went viral on social media.

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Yadav was tending a cow when the accident happened.

At the time of his death, Yadav was working in the crime branch. He kept the cow in a small pen near his house where the incident took place on Friday morning while he was bathing the cow, Indian TV reported. HT cannot independently verify this information.

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A passerby noticed him unconscious and called the police. He was taken to Choithram Hospital where he was declared dead. His body has been sent for post-mortem and the Juni-Indore police are investigating.

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In another incident, four people were killed and three injured when an SUV collided with an oil tanker in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Friday, police said. The victims were returning to Indore from a pilgrimage in Ajmer, Rajasthan, when the accident occurred, Khachrod police station officer Dhansingh Nalvaya told reporters.

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The accident took place near Bedavanya village on the Jaora-Nagda road, about 50 km from the district headquarters. The injured were taken to Indore for treatment, Nalvaya said.

Police have registered a case against the tanker driver who fled the scene after the accident.