India, April 15 -- A 20-year-old pillion rider died, and his friend who was riding their bike was seriously injured, after a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus ran over them at Hindmata Bridge early on Sunday. The bus driver was booked for causing death by negligence on Sunday.

The deceased, Muhammad Ishak Akbar Shaikh, had completed SSC and was engaged in petty works, said police. The rider, 23-year-old Arbaaz Mohammad Firoz Ansari, lives in Byculla and was Ishak's friend.

Around 11pm on Saturday, Ishak's father, Akbar Mansurali Shaikh, 51, who works as a security guard, returned to his house in the Daru Khana area, Reay Road, and saw his son was not at home. When he called Ishak, he said he was on his way home. A...