India, June 11 -- A three-and-half-year-old girl was run over by a speeding white car in Vashi's Sector-17 on Sunday morning, leading to protests among the homeless. The child, Jiesha Janesh Ghosale, was walking behind her mother and siblings when the vehicle allegedly hit her and sped away without stopping.

The police said that the victim lived with her family under the bridge near Vashi Plaza. The family had gone for breakfast to a roadside stall around 10am, and while they were walking back, the car hit her. Bystanders rushed the girl to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries during treatment, said the police.

Following the incident, a group of the area's homeless gathered outside the Vashi Police Stat...