Ex-MP Home Minister Bala Bachchan's Daughter Dies In Car Accident In Indore

Three people were killed and another seriously injured after a car crashed into the rear of a truck on the bypass near Ralamandal in the Tejaji Nagar police station area early on Friday, reported Navbharat Times.

The victims were identified as Prerna Bachchan, daughter of former Home Minister Bala Bachchan, Prakhar Kasliwal, son of Congress state spokesperson Anand Kasliwal, and a man named Mansindhu. A fourth occupant, a young woman named Anushka, was injured and admitted to a private hospital, added the Navbharat Times report.

The collision occurred at around 5 a.m. when a grey Tata Nexon (registration MP 13 ZS 8994) struck the truck from behind. Police said the impact was severe and the vehicle was badly mangled, requiring rescue teams to cut through parts of the car to remove the occupants.

Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath expressed sorrow in a social media post and offered condolences to the Bachchan family.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Nath wrote, "I have received the heartbreaking news of the demise of my colleague and daughter of former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Shri Bala Bachchan, Prerna, in a road accident in Indore. This is an extremely heart-wrenching incident. My condolences are with Shri Bala Bachchan's family. May God grant a place to the departed soul at His holy feet and bestow upon the family the strength to bear this thunderbolt. Om Shanti." [sic]

इंदौर में एक सड़क हादसे में मेरे साथी और मध्य प्रदेश के पूर्व गृह मंत्री श्री बाला बच्चन की सुपुत्री प्रेरणा के निधन का दुखद समाचार प्राप्त हुआ।

यह अत्यंत हृदयविदारक घटना है। मेरी सहानुभूति श्री बाला बच्चन के परिवार के साथ है।

ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्मा को अपने श्री चरणों में स्थान दें…

— Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) January 9, 2026

Preliminary reports suggest that the group was returning from Kasliwal's birthday party and the four had travelled back to Indore after celebrations at a farmhouse, with him at the wheel.

The police said liquor bottles were found inside the vehicle and excessive speed and loss of control are being examined as factors leading to the accident.

Police told Navbharat Times that the victims and the injured woman were residents of different parts of Indore. Bachchan lived in Scheme Number 74 and was preparing for the UPSC examinations after completing her graduation. Kasliwal lived in Tilak Nagar, Mansindhu in Bhanwarkuan, and Anushka in Royal Amar Green.

The truck driver fled the scene with the vehicle, police said, adding that a case had been registered and a search was under way.

Prerna Bachchan's last rites are to be performed this evening in her ancestral village in Barwani.

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