India, Sept. 16 -- Two brothers - aged nine and 13 years - who were returning from school on foot were crushed to death, and their seven-year-old sibling was left fighting for his life after a drunk policeman mowed them down with his newly purchased car at Uttawar village in Palwal on Monday afternoon, officials said.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ayan, 13, a Class 4 student, and his brother Mohammad Ahsaan, 9, who studied in Class 3. Their younger sibling, Mohammad Arjaan, 7, a Class 2 student at the same government school in Uttawar, was critically injured.

The incident took place between 1.30 PM and 2 PM when the children were returning home on foot from school, accompanied by their grandfather Aas Mohammad, according to p...