Afsar Mohammad, the 5-year-old son of Dil Mohammad Raya of Motisar-1, was critically injured after he was hit by an auto rickshaw (Na 1 Ha 492) heading to Birgunj from Kalaiya, police said.
Afsar died while undergoing treatment at Narayani Sub-regional Hospital in Birgunj.
Police have impounded the vehicle while the driver is at large.
Locals and the victim’s kin have obstructed the Kalaiya-Birgunj road section demanding compensation.
Meanwhile, security personnel disposed a socket bomb found in front of Annapurna Textile along the Kalaiya-Birgunj road section on Wednesday.
Traffic was disrupted after the bomb created panic among the commuters, and resumed only after the bomb was disposed, police said.
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