Gonda district: A five-year-old child died after being allegedly hit by a car in Motorcade of Uttar Pradesh Minister near Colonelganj in Gonda district. After the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought a report from the state police chief and announced compensation of Rs. 5 Lakh to the deceased family.
On the night of October 28, when passing through the Colonelganj area, one of the cars of the Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar had allegedly knocked down Shiv Goswami at night, who died on the way to the hospital.
The Eyewitnesses and members of the boys’ family alleged that no one in the convoy was stopped to help the child. His father Vishwanath alleges that the minister sped away in one of the cars decorated with garlands.
However, Rajber claimed that when the incident took place, he was 25 km away in the second car.
The boy was playing along a road when he was killed, allegedly by a car in the minister’s convoy.
After the incident, the angry villagers placed the boy’s body on the road and demanding to take action. The Chief Minister instructed the Director General of Police to initiate strict action against the people responsible for the incident.