JHANSI, Feb. 9 -- Enraged over the death of a youth who was critically injured after a speeding SUV belonging to the family of a Uttar Pradesh minister of state, hit him and two others late on January 26 night in Lalitpur district, hundreds of villagers blocked the Jakhaura Road on the outskirts of Barkhera village by keeping the body of the victim identified as Anuj Yadav, 20, for hours on Monday, police said.

The accident had occurred under the limits of Jakhaura police station when Shailendra, 18, Shankar Singh, 45, and Anuj Yadav of Lalitpur's Barkhera village were returning home on a motorcycle. While Shailendra had died on the spot, Anuj, who was undergoing treatment at the Jhansi Medical College, succumbed to injuries late on Sund...