India’s top woman biker Veenu Paliwal dies in road accident

One of India’s top women bikers, Veenu Paliwal, died in a road accident in Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh late on Monday evening.

Paliwal, 44, was on a nationwide tour on her Harley Davidson when the accident took place. She was accompanied on another bike by fellow biker Dipesh Tanwar.

Paliwal died after her bike went out of control on a turn and she skid off a road near Gyaraspur about 100km from Bhopal. She was rushed to a primary health centre and later to the Vidisha district hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Paliwal and Tanwar were heading to Bhopal from Sagar when the accident took place.

Paliwal, a Jaipur resident, was known for her skills with the motorcycle and for having driven the Harley Davidson bikes at 180kmph. She was planning to make a documentary on her nationwide bike journey.

The police said that her family and friends had been informed and that they would be reached Jaipur soon. The post-mortem on Paliwal’s body was to take place today morning.

Veenu Paliwal had recently been named the Lady of the Harley 2016.