Dumka, March 16 -- Two persons riding a motorcycle were killed after being run over by a stone-laden hyva truck in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Sunday.

The incident occurred near the Durga Temple in the main market area of Shikaripara police station along the Dumka-Rampurhat National Highway 114A.

The deceased have been identified as Haroon Sheikh (30) and Babur Ali Sheikh (45), residents of Beldanga village under Rampurhat police station in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

According to police sources, the hyva truck coming from the opposite direction collided with the motorcycle, causing both riders to fall under the vehicle and die on the spot. The two men were returning from Deoghar to their hometown to celebrate Eid when the acciden...