Kota(Raj), Jan 2 (PTI) A 30-year-old man died when his car fell into a canal after hitting a divider in Nanta police station area, police said on Tuesday.

Locals pulled the man, identified as Bhanu Panjawani (30), out of the water and rushed him to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

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He was a resident of Bajrang Nagar in Kota city and worked at a shop.

Panjawani had left home by car to attend a party and met with the accident on the way at around 9.30 pm on Monday when his car hit a divider and later fell into the canal on Nanta Kunhari road, SHO of Nanta police station Mukesh Meena said.

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The police handed over the body to family members after a postmortem on Tuesday morning and lodged a case of accidental death under Section 174 of CrPC, the SHO said.

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