Traders downed shutters in the district headquarters here on Wednesday to protest death of a boy in a road mishap after he was knocked down by a truck while riding a scooter at Peedi Nullah on the National Highway on Tuesday evening.
The traders downed shutters on a call given by Chamber of Commerce and Sarva Samaj in the district headquarters. Angry locals in the area later held a chakka jam at Sihawa Chowk on the National Highway for nearly one-and-half-hours in protest the very evening. A large number of police personnel was deployed from Sihawa Chowk to Makai Chowk to maintain law and order.
This was the third death in road mishaps in two days in the district. The latest young victim of the road mishap named Deep, son of Gopal Wadhwani and a resident of Balak Chowk was travelling in his Scooty last evening near Peedhi Nullah when a speeding truck knocked him down resulting in his death on the spot. On September 30, two students of Kl Horticulture College were knocked down by a car resulting in their death.