Following the death of a school student in a road accident, an angry mob ransacked the local police station, torched a truck that ran over the boy and damaged a fire tender vehicle in Nayagarh district on Tuesday morning.
According to reports, the accident occurred when victim Kadam Malick, an 8th Class student of Brajendra High School, was run over by the truck. The boy was returning home to Sinduria village after attending his classes.
When the fire tender vehicle was coming to the spot to douse the fire in the truck, the irate mob damaged it as well as a police van. Even the locals entered into the Sadar police station here and ransacked the office along with Inspector-in-Charge’s office.
later, the mob blocked National Highway-57 demanding compensation for the deceased’s family.
The police rushed to the spot to control the situation and resorted to lathicharge when the situation aggravated. The situation was then brought under control and police personnel were deployed at the spot to keep vigil on the situation.