New Delhi: A school boy was killed after a DTC bus ran over him in Khanpur area on Friday, following which angry residents set the bus on fire and vandalised 12 others, police said.
A boy, wearing school uniform, was mowed down by a DTC bus while he was crossing the road in Khanpur area at around 11 am. Following the incident, residents staged a protest and set the bus ablaze and also vandalised 12 others, evoking tension in the area,” a senior officer said.
A large number of police personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain calm.
The body has been sent to AIIMS for postmortem, he said