Hyderabad, Mar 29 (PTI) An IPS officer from Maharashtra and his relative died in a road accident in Nagarkurnool district in Telangana on Saturday, police said.

Sudhakar Pathare, currently posted in Mumbai Police, was travelling in a four-wheeler to the temple town of Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday afternoon, they said.

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The vehicle was involved in a collision with a bus coming in the opposite direction, leading to their deaths, a senior police official said.

The Telangana Police have informed their Maharashtra counterpart after the incident. The bodies were shifted to a primary health centre (PHC) at Kalwakurthy in Telangana, police said.

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