Kanwariyas created ruckus and blocked the busy lucknow-Gorakhpur national highway after one of their companions was crushed to death by a truck in Basti on Sunday.
The victim Amarjeet was killed in the accident after which other kanwariyas assembled on the scene and blocked the highway raising slogans against the police and the authorities. However, the blockade ended after two hours when the district authorities assured them to provide compensation to the family of the deceased.
In another incident, three people were burnt alive and four others were injured when fire broke out after collision of two vehicles in Anchera area of Agra on Saturday night. Police said a tanker loaded with chemicals collided with a trawler near Mahupur village on the Agra-Jaipur national highway.