A 26-year-old probationary IPS officer in Karnataka died in a road accident when he was heading to report for work in Hassan on Sunday.
Harsh Bardhan, a native of Jabalpur in Madhaya Pradesh, was with the Karnataka cadre of the Indian Police Service (IPS), sources said.
According to a police officer, Bardhan was at the Karnataka Police Academy in Mysuru for training. On Sunday, he left to report for duty in Hassan City in a police jeep along with a driver provided by the department.
The vehicle’s tyre reportedly burst on the way, causing the driver to lose control.
Passersby shifted the two to a hospital but Harsh Bardhan did not respond to the treatment and succumbed, the police said. The driver has sustained minor injuries.
The son of a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Madhya Pradesh, Bardhan was a civil engineering graduate. According to a police officer, he had completed a four-week course in Mysuru and was about to take up practical training in Hassan for the next six months.
