SUV mows down 6-year-old in Gzb; driver arrested

GHAZIABAD: 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.

- Peeyush Khandelwal

The accident occurred around 1.15pm in Shakti Khand, a busy residential pocket. The victim, the 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 aware of the case details said.