Summary:
Nainital: The death of a 4-year-old boy, who was run over by a private bus, triggered a massive violence in Banbhoolpura area of Haldwani on Wednesday, with scores of people resorting to vandalism and destruction of public property. The people were demanding the arrest of the accused driver.The crowd gathered outside the police station office and pelted stones at the personnel in which few officers received minor injuries. The post mortem examination of the child has been done. During the protest , the agitators also set a government bus afire.Reacting to the scale of violence, district administration officials and police personnel rushed to the spot to assuage the crowd.Local leaders from the town also reached the area to pacify them. Subsequently, the people called off their stir after the police assured action and remedies to prevent such accidents in the future.Haldwani additional superintendent of police (ASP), Amit Srivastava, said, “The situation is under control..