Rajanandgaon: CM Bhupesh Baghel spoke to the kin of the beareved Kochar family who died in an accident in the intervening nights of 21st and 22nd April.

Baghel taking to Twitter on Friday night expressed condolences to the family and assured all possible help.

Five members of the same family including four women were burnt alive in a fire that apparently broke out in their car after an accident in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh in wee hours on Friday.

The vehicle was engulfed in flames within seconds giving no time to the passengers to escape, an onlooker informed police. Family of Subhash Kochar from Khairagarh including a couple and three daughters aged between 20-25 years, were charred to death on the spot.

Preliminary investigations revealed that they were returning from a wedding function from neighbouring Balod when they met an accident between 1-1.30am.