Four kanwariyas were killed while several others suffered serious injuries in a road mishap in Agra on Sunday afternoon. According to reports, the victims caught the vehicle in Dhandhupur village under Tajganj police station area in the morning. All of them were carrying kanwar with them. When the vehicle reached at highway at Faundrinagar locality under Etmadaulla police station area, the tractor trolley collided with a truck. Due to impact, the tractor trolley overturned and the occupants came under the vehicle. Four of the kanwariyas suffered serious injuries and died on the spot while several other suffered serious injuries in the mishap.
On seeing their colleagues dead and badly injured, the kanwariyas went berserk and they attacked the truck with which their vehicle had collided. In between, another vehicle carrying Kanwariyas happened to pass the road and they also vented their ire in protest of the incident and later blocked the road for traffic movement.
Stiff protest posed a serious challenge on law and order front but senior officials controlled the situation from spiraling out of hand. Heavy police force was dispatched to the scene as precautionary measure. The victims were admitted to hospital and their condition is improving. The police had registered a case in this connection.