A 12-year-old school boy was crushed to death by a police van near Palmerganj Chowk, New Road here on Wednesday.
The boy has been identified as Aman Oraon, son of Sudhir Oraon from Patra Toli. The incident took place when the boy was on his way to school Viday Mandir. He studied at Class VI. He was hit by the police vehicle which came from the opposite direction. Following the incident, large number of locals, including teachers and parents came on the street and blocked the road. The police had to charge lathi to remove it, due to which there had been the topsy-turvy situation at the site.
later, the police took the body and sent for post mortem at hospital. At the jam site police incharge Sudhir Prasad, SDPO Rijwi, CO and many police men were present.