New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- A tragic accident near Indore early Friday claimed the lives of the daughter of Congress MLA and former Madhya Pradesh home minister Bala Bachchan and two others. Police said their speeding car collided with a truck while returning from a birthday party. Preliminary investigations revealed that the victims were "heavily intoxicated", a police official added.

Another woman in the car was injured in the accident, which took place near the Ralamandal area on the Tejaji Nagar bypass at around 5 am, Tejaji Nagar police station in-charge Devendra Markam said. Prerna Bachchan, daughter of Bala Bachchan, the former state minister and current Congress MLA from Rajpur in Barwani district, along with two men traveling wit...