India, March 26 -- Two men were killed and 23 others injured after a private sleeper bus travelling from Jaipur overturned in central Delhi's Karol Bagh in the early hours of Wednesday.

The bus, carrying around 30 passengers, flipped onto its side while attempting to navigate the roundabout near Hanuman Mandir at high speed, according to eyewitnesses and passengers.

Police officials said they received a call at 1.05am reporting that the bus had overturned. "The vehicle, a Jaipur-Delhi tourist sleeper with a capacity of about 70, had been headed towards Fatehpuri in Sadar Bazar when it flipped, leaving several passengers injured," said deputy commissioner of police (central) Rohit Rajbir Singh.

Staff from Karol Bagh police station were ...