Bus mows down 16-year old boy, driver on run

A 16-year old boy was killed after having come under the wheels of a bus near Bhopal Talkies under Hanumanganj police station area on Wednesday.

The victim Shoeb Ahmed was pillion riding along with his uncle Mohd Amir who was riding the Honda Deo Scooty. Shoeb’s younger brother Taha was also pillion riding the bike as he was to attend the Douglas school near DIG bungalow locality. When the trio were on their way to school, the rashly driven BCll bus hit the bike and in the collision Shoeb fell before the front wheels of the bus and died on the spot after having come under the wheels.

Police said Mohd Amir lives on Noor Mahal road and he had gone to his sister’s house in Bagh Farhat Afza locality from where he had taken both the boys.

The eyewitnesses told that the even after having run over the boy, the bus driver did not stop the vehicle and fled away. later, on receipt of information from wireless sets of the local police personnel, the bus was stopped near Gautam Nagar police station. However, the driver managed to flee the spot by leaving behind his vehicle.

Notably, soon after the accident, the driver had called at the call centre of the BCll informing that an accident has taken place with the bus, but soon the call got disconnected. According to the information collected so far by the police, the driver was Mohd Saleem, who has been working with the company for past three years.