A police outpost was set on fire by an agitated mob that went on the rampage after the death of a youth in a road accident in Quarsi area of Aligarh on Wednesday morning.
According to a report, Satyendra, a native of Beghpur village, was going towards the engineering college when a speeding truck knocked him down in Quarsi area of Aligarh on Wednesday morning. The profusely bleeding youth was rushed to Deendayal Hospital by some passers-by but he was pronounced dead by the doctors who attended on him.
later, the agitated local residents and some friends of the victim gathered at the spot and went on the rampage. They pelted stones and damaged several vehicles. When the police tried to use force to disperse the mob, the protesters attacked the cops and later torched the local police outpost to register their ire.
later, a heavy police force was summoned and senior officers reached the spot to defuse the situation. They assured the protesters that the truck driver would be arrested but when some miscreants refused to listen to them, the police used force and chased them away. A case was registered in this regard and the body was sent for post-mortem.