Speeding truck mows down 4 children near Kolkata, mob burns police vehicles
According to reports, a lorry, which was overloaded with sand, lost its control when it was being chased by police and hit four children.
They were standing beside Belgharia Expressway.
Two of them were killed on the spot and rest two were declared dead at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital later.
They have been identified as Yug Hela (7), Anu Hela (9), Aditya Hela (11) and Golu Hela (8).
When police reached the spot, angry mob attacked them.
They allegedly started throwing brick by aiming at the police force and set two police vehicles on fire.
A huge police force from the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, along with the Rapid Action Force (RAF), went to the area and resorted to lathicharge to bring the situation under control.
However, police have arrested the accused truck driver and seized his truck.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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