Date:29/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/29/stories/2007112958810300.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Five-year-old boy knocked down

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: A five-year-old boy was killed after he was knocked down by a multi-utility vehicle in front of his house in Banashankari traffic police station limits on Tuesday evening.

The police gave his name as Dharshan, son of B.S. Murthy, a private company employee and a resident of Ittamadu Main Road.

Around 6.15 p.m., Dharshan’s mother went to a shop in front of her house on the other side of the Ittamadu Main Road.

While Dharshan was following her, the MUV hit him. She rushed the injured boy to a hospital and he was declared brought dead, the police said.

The Banashankari traffic police have seized the vehicle and arrested the driver.

In another incident, Arumugam (45), a construction worker, was killed in a hit-and-run case reported from Airport traffic police station limits on Tuesday.

Around 5 p.m. while Arumugam, a native of Tamil Nadu, was crossing the Marathalli Outer Ring Road near BWSSB office, a vehicle hit him and sped away, the police said.

The police have registered a case and are on the lookout for the vehicle.

Run over

A man aged around 45 was run over by a train on Bangalore-Mysore tracks on Tuesday evening.

The body of the man, suspected to be an autorickshaw driver, was found on the tracks near Gangondanahalli.

The city railway police have registered a case and kept the body at Victoria Hospital mortuary.