Pramesh S Jain
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n IPS probationary officer died in a road accident on Sunday while on his way to take up his first posting in Hassan district, police said.
Harsh Bardhan,an IPS probationer,died following an accident near Hassan on Sunday.
The career of a 2023 batch officer came to a tragic end even before he could complete his training.
Harsh Bardhan,a 2023-bach officer of the Karnataka cadre,was travelling from Mysuru to Hassan in an official car when the crash occurred near Kittane, about 10 km from Hassan, around 4:20 pm.
Harsh Bardhan, 27, suffered serious injuries when the police vehicle he was travelling by hit a roadside house near Kittane in Hassan taluk on Hassan-Mysuru road.
He was on the way to Hassan to report on duty as a probationary Deputy Superintendent of Police at Holenarasipur.
Manje Gowda, the driver, lost control of the vehicle as a tyre burst. The vehicle hit a house on the roadside, leaving both in a mangled vehicle.
Bardhan sustained severe head injuries and was rushed to Hassan’s Janapriya Hospital. While arrangements were made to shift him to a Bengaluru hospital through a green (zero-traffic) corridor, he succumbed to his injuries. Meanwhile, Manjegowda suffered minor injuries and is being treated in the Hassan hospital.
The local people rushed to the spot and rescued them, and they were shifted to a private hospital in Hassan. Harsh Bardhan succumbed to injuries late in the evening on Sunday. Manje Gowda, the driver, who suffered minor injuries, is under treatment.
A native of Dosar village in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district, 25-year-old Bardhan had recently completed his four-week training at the Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) in Mysuru and was en route to take up his first posting as the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Hassan, officials said.
Bardhan’s family is originally from Bihar. His father, Akhilesh, is a sub-divisional magistrate. A civil engineer by training, Bardhan had completed district practical training in Hassan for six months.
We lost our 2023 batch IPS Probationer Harsha Vardhan to a road accident this evening near Hassan. After finishing training at KPA he was proceeding to Hassan for District training.Young & precious life lost“#Road safety needs due attention at all levels”Deeply saddened.ADGP Training,Alok Kumar said.
