A 26-year-old IPS officer on his way to take up his first posting died in a road accident in Hassan district, police said on Monday.Harsh Bardhan was a 2023-batch IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre and hailed from Madhya Pradesh, they said.
The accident took place on Sunday evening, when the tyre of the police vehicle he was travelling in allegedly burst near Kittane in Hassan taluk, following which the driver lost control and the vehicle hit a house and a tree on the roadside, police said.
Soon after getting the news of the accident, Akhilesh Singh, who is posted as Sub Divisional Magistrate in Madhya Pradesh, rushed to Karnataka to collect the remains of his son.
The last rites will be performed in Saharsa, the home district of the officer in Bihar, as per the wishes of the family, the father said