Child dies in road mishap, buses torched in UP

A nine-year-old boy was today killed allegedly in a road mishap in Khorabar area here following which an agitated group of people torched four buses, police said.

Raunak was crushed to death when the motorcycle he was riding on with his father Raman Pandey was hit by a roadways bus between Matiram Adda and Ramnagar Kadjahan this morning, police said.

They said that agitated with the incident local residents then torched the four buses.

Heavy force was deployed on the spot and other vehicles were diverted, police added.