A teenager riding a bike was killed by a tractor loaded with bricks on the Chanda Bazar-North Lodipur rural road in Mehandia police station area of the district on Tuesday evening. The mob set one police vehicle on fire and damaged another.
The police blocked the Chanda Bazar-North Lodipur road while scuffling with the police officer. On receiving the information, police from several police stations of the district reached the spot and took charge.
Pramod Kumar, the 14-year-old son of Surendra Chandravanshi, a resident of Sohasa village in the police station area, had come to Chanda Bazaar on a motorcycle to buy vegetables for the house. While returning from shopping, he was crushed by a tractor loaded with bricks, due to which he died on the spot.
As soon as the incident was reported, the relatives and villagers became angry and blocked the main road leading to Mehndia near the Chanda bridge at the spot. The anger of the people erupted on the Mehndia, Kaler, Parasi police who arrived on the information of the accident and jam.
The angry mob set fire to the car of the Parasi police station and damaged the glass of the vehicle of the Mehandia police station. The mob scuffled with Kaler police station in-charge Pawan Kumar Singh, who was explained to the people. On the information, a large number of police forces reached the police line including other police stations of the district and took charge.
The agitated villagers demanded that the Sohsa sand ghat be closed immediately, as accidents are taking place every day due to the high speed and negligence of the tractors running from there. The mob was adamant on the demand to call senior officials of the police administration to the spot.
Traffic was completely disrupted due to the road blockade for more than three hours and there was a long queue of vehicles on both sides.
Till nine o’clock in the night, the police kept trying to convince the people, but people were not ready to lift the body and remove the jam. The situation at the spot was tense and police and administrative officials were busy pacifying the people.
