2-year-old girl crushed to death under mini truck

NAGPUR: A 2-year-old girl’s head was crushed to pieces after she came under the left front wheel of a mini truck in front of her house at Yashodhara Nagar on Friday at 12.30pm. The shocked onlookers set the killer vehicle’s bonnet afire, and also thrashed the driver, creating a law and order situation.

Around 40 police personnel, along with senior PI PY Meshram, reached the spot to control the annoyed mob. Cops took accused Sheikh Israar (48), resident of Yogi Arvind Nagar, into custody and seized the vehicle. Deceased

Alisaba Amrin

, younger one of two sisters, was taken to

Mayo Hospital

, where doctors declared her brought dead.

Cops have registered offence of negligence in driving against Israar and arrested him, following a complaint by deceased’s father Ashraf, a driver.

Cops said Alisaba, while playing inside the house, suddenly came on to the road. Two labourers had unloaded construction material at a site near Alisaba’s home, and got into the van. Just as Sheikh drove the van forward a few meters, Alisaba came under the front wheel. However, the PI said that the exact sequence of events would become clear during investigation.

The deceased’s mother

Sayna Bano

was busy in household chores when she heard commotion on the road, said the PI.

Ashraf, sobbing uncontrollably, told TOI, “I was walking towards my home near

Kalyan Kendra

, when I saw my wife crying out aloud and running towards me. She told me about the incident. I rushed to the spot and was left in shock on seeing my daughter in a pool of blood. I took her on my lap and took her to hospital with my two brothers and neighbours.”

The post mortem was conducted at Mayo Hospital.