Jabalpur IPS officer Harsh Vardhan dies in road accident, know what was the connection with Bihar

Harsh Bardhan died tragically in a road accident while taking charge of his first posting in Hassan district of Karnataka. The 26-year-old officer of the 2023 batch of Karnataka cadre had recently completed his training at the Karnataka Police Academy in Mysore. The accident occurred around 4:20 pm near Kittane, about 10 km from Hassan, when the tire of the police vehicle in which Bardhan was traveling burst. As a result, the vehicle lost control and collided with a house and a roadside tree. Bardhan suffered serious head injuries and was immediately taken to Janpriya Hospital in Hassan. Despite efforts to shift him to a hospital in Bengaluru, he succumbed to his injuries.

The driver of the vehicle, District Armed Reserve (DAR) constable Manjegowda, suffered only minor injuries and is undergoing treatment in Hassan. Bardhan, originally from Dosar village in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district, was traveling to Hassan to take up his duties as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Holenarasipur. His family from Bihar is deeply mourning his untimely death. His father, Akhilesh, works as a sub-divisional magistrate. Bardhan, a civil engineer by training, had completed six months of district practical training in Hassan before the accident. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed grief over the demise of the young officer and expressed his heartfelt condolences on social media.

I am saddened to hear about the death of probationary IPS officer Harsh Bardhan in a horrific accident near Kittane on the Hassan-Mysore Highway. It is very sad that such an accident happened when he was about to take charge as IPS. This should not have happened when years of hard work were bearing fruit. Siddaramaiah wrote, I pray to God that Harsh Bardhan’s soul rests in peace.