Driver lynched by mob after truck crushes child to death

  • | Sunday | 9th September, 2018

DHUMKA (JHARKHAND): A truck driver was Sunday lynched by a mob in Jharkhand 's Dumka district after his vehicle ran over and killed a two-year-old child, police said. The child, identified as Subit Marandi, was crushed under the wheels of the truck at Simanijore village near National Highway-114A in the district around 3 pm, they said.The incident happened near the boy's house in the village when he was walking on the road with his sister, police said.Shikaripara police station in-charge Manoj Kumar Thakur said the mob caught the driver, Mohan Rai, and thrashed him to death following the accident.The driver was a resident of Motihari district in Bihar, he saidDeputy Superintendent of Police, Pujya Prakash said the situation in the village is peaceful and police patrolling has been increased.

DHUMKA (JHARKHAND): A truck driver was Sunday lynched by a mob in Jharkhand 's Dumka district after his vehicle ran over and killed a two-year-old child, police said. The child, identified as Subit Marandi, was crushed under the wheels of the truck at Simanijore village near National Highway-114A in the district around 3 pm, they said.The incident happened near the boy's house in the village when he was walking on the road with his sister, police said.Shikaripara police station in-charge Manoj Kumar Thakur said the mob caught the driver, Mohan Rai, and thrashed him to death following the accident.The driver was a resident of Motihari district in Bihar, he saidDeputy Superintendent of Police, Pujya Prakash said the situation in the village is peaceful and police patrolling has been increased.

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