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Uttarkashi: Rajendra Singh Rajput, a native of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh, still can't believe that his father, the family's sole breadwinner, died in a bus accident in Uttarakhand during the Char Dham pilgrimage. Rajput is currently in a state of shock, staring at an uncertain future, and does not know how their family would cope up with the loss. Similar is the fate of two siblings, who lost their father in the bus tragedy in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. A Ramlila actor, who used to attract huge crowds with his performance in a village in Panna, was also killed in the accident and his fans are now grief-stricken. The family members of 26 people from Madhya Pradesh, who were killed in the Uttarakhand accident, cannot believe that the pilgrimage met with a tragic end. Four people were also injured after the bus carrying pilgrims from Panna district in MP fell into a deep gorge near Rikhavu khadd en-route to the Yamunotri temple in Uttarkashi on Sunday. Besides the driver and the helper, there were 28 passengers on board. Rajendra Rajput, a resident of Santbuddhasingh village in Panna, told PTI that he spoke to his father, who had gone on the pilgrimage, over phone around 11 am on Sunday. "They all were happy and were on the way to Yamunotri. But, when I again called my father around 5 pm to know about their location, the call remained unanswered. I tried four-five times and when nobody answered, I got worried," he said. "Later, when I tried my father's number again, one Uday Singh Thakur (an accident survivor) picked up the call and told me that their bus had fallen into a deep gorge. Thakur told me that he got thrown out of the bus before it fell in the gorge and survived. Thakur also told me that my fathe ...