SUV mows down 6-yr-old boy in Gzb
Ghaziabad, Oct. 3 -- A six-year-old boy was run over and killed by an SUV while eating at a roadside bhandara (community feast) in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram on Thursday afternoon, triggering outrage among locals who caught the driver - a 40-year-old executive working for a Noida-based IT firm - and handed him over to the police.
The accident occurred around 1.15pm in Shakti Khand. The victim, son of a construction worker, was returning home from the bhandara. Police said the white Tata Harrier, swerved to avoid a pothole before striking the boy. While the victim's family alleged that the SUV was speeding, police said that prima facie, it does not appear to be the case. "However, we are investigating this aspect," a senior officer said. The child's father, Congress Yadav, originally from Begusarai in Bihar, said, "My son was having food when the SUV ran him over. Locals stopped the car immediately. A woman and child were inside along with the driver, who was later taken away by police." Yadav said.
Abhishek Srivastava, assistant commissioner of police (Indirapuram), identified the accused as Nitin Dixit, 40, an executive with a Noida-based IT firm and a resident of Sahibabad. He was booked under sections 281 (rash driving) and 106 (causing death by negligence) of the BNS.
"The SUV belongs to Dixit and he was behind the wheel. He claimed he did not notice the boy until he came under the wheels," the ACP said....
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