Two youths were killed after the motorcycle on which they were travelling was allegedly hit by a police patrolling vehicle in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, a police officer said on Saturday.
The incident took place in Gola police station area late on Friday night.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, he said.
Abhishek Prasad, officer-in-charge of Gola police station said that an FIR has been lodged against the driver of the patrolling vehicle on the basis of a written complaint filed by Tiru Manjhi, father of one of the deceased.
He said that the deceased's father alleged in the complaint that the youths were hit by a police patrolling vehicle as a result of which they died.
"We have initiated an investigation in this regard," he said.
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