Dhanusa, Jan. 10 -- A youth, who had been raising voice against the illegal extraction of riverbed materials in Dhanusa district, was killed by a tipper truck early Friday morning.

Inspector Ram Kumar Yadav of Area Police Office, Dhalkebar, informed that Dilip Kumar Mahato,24, of Sripur in Mithila Municipality, was killed for protesting the illegal extraction of riverbed materials that was going on near his house. Mahato was forcefully dragged and crushed by the tipper, informed Yadav.

The Dhalkebar Area Police Office has taken the driver, along with the tipper with registration number Na 7 Kha 6413, into custody.

Locals in the area have obstructed the East-West highway by burning tyres while accusing the driver of murdering the youth....