AGRA/LUCKNOW: A 31-yearold woman post-PhD researcher with SGPGI and her six-year-old daughter were charred to death after their bus rammed a divider on Agra-Lucknow expressway and caught fire.The horrific accident occurred at 1am on Monday near Firozabad-Mainpuri border under the Karhal police jurisdiction.According to police, the UPSRTC bus – hit by another bus whose tyre had burst – rammed into the divider and drove over half a dozen street lights before it caught fire.Jyoti Zack Nirwan, a senior demonstrator with SGPGI molecular medicine department, was travelling to Lucknow from Ghaziabad along with her daughter Niti. Jyoti’s husband Dr Nirwan Nishant is a government medical officer in Lucknow.Karhal circle officer Rakesh Kumar Pandey said, “The high-end Scania bus had automated door locks which got jammed after the collision. While the driver managed to jump out of the vehicle, all the six passengers got trapped. While two of them were later rescued by dial 100 cops, Jyoti and her daughter were burnt to death.” Mainpuri city circle officer Abhay Narayan Rai said, “The woman and her daughter’s charred bodies were found on bus floor embracing each other. It seems they attempted to escape but failed due to heavy smoke. Since their charred bodies were difficult to separate, we sent the bodies together for autopsy.” Police said Jyoti had boarded the bus from Pari Chowk in Greater Noida where she had gone for a job interview. “After boarding the bus, she had made a video call to her husband. Dr Nirwan Nishant was waiting at the Alambagh bus terminal in Lucknow since 3am,” the Mainpuri CO said.Staff at SGPGI, where Jyoti also worked as a teacher and took classes in molecular medicine, were shocked to hear the bad news.Dr Alok Srivastava, faculty member, SGPGI, said Jyoti had published several papers in the area of medical genetics and was all set to represent the institute at an international conference slated to take place later this year. She lived in Rajajipuram. UP Government Doctors’ Association also extended support to the Nirwan family.

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