MALEKHU, Sept 22: Gajuri bazaar of Gajuri Rural Municipality-1 in Dhading district remains tense after a passenger bus knocked down a six-year-old student today. The deceased has been identified as Bijay Pariyar.
He died on the spot when a bus (Ga 1 Kha 4565) headed for Gorkha from Kathmandu hit him, said Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Dhading, Rakesh Singh. Pariyar, a student at the local Adarsha Secondary School, was on his way to school when the accident took place.
Moving bus catches fire in Gajuri Bazaar
Following the accident, enraged local people blocked the road and torched the bus. As a result, the entire transportation system has come to a halt.
However, ambulances are being let go under police escort. The protestors have been chanting slogans. Efforts are on to clear the blocked road, as the authorities, local people and victims have sat down for agreement, said the police.
(RSS)
