Fatehgarh Sahib, Aug. 10 -- Three Kanwariyas were killed, and another injured after a speeding car ran over a group of pilgrims on the Sirhind GT Road in Fatehgarh Sahib in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

Police have arrested the car driver, identified as Tarlochan Singh of Ludhiana district.

The accident took place around 2.15 am near Dada Motors, when a group of six Kanwariyas from Kotkapura were returning home after collecting holy water from Gangotri in Uttarakhand. The pilgrims were walking along the highway when the car allegedly hit them from behind.

The deceased were identified as Mahinder Pal alias Gagan, 43, Deepak Kumar, 42, and Jagdish Mittal alias Kalu, 40. All three were residents of Kotkpaura town in Faridkot dis...