Violence broke out in Kolkata's Behala area as locals clashed with police and resorted to vandalism after a class 2 student was killed and his father critically injured after being hit by a speeding truck early Friday.
A minor boy died and his father was critically injured on Friday morning after a speeding truck hit them at Behala Chowrasta area here, triggering massive protests by locals who torched several vehicles, officials said.
Locals and parents of other children immediately took to the streets following the incident, protesting against the lack of proper policing of the major road intersection in the southern part of the city.
A minor boy died and his father was critically injured on Friday morning after a speeding truck hit them at Behala Chowrasta area here, triggering massive protests by locals who torched several vehicles, officials said. RAF personnel in large numbers were deployed, and police baton-charged protesters and fired tear gas shells to bring the situation under control, they said. A