Hussain 
Chennai

MTC bus mows down Class 6 boy, kin protest

A 10-year-old boy was killed after a speeding MTC bus ran over him near Minjur on Sunday, after which the boy’s kin and neighbours staged a protest blocking the traffic on Kattur high road.

migrator

Chennai

The deceased, S Nagoor Meeran Hussain, was a Class 6 student at a private school in Chennai, said police. The incident happened on Sunday when the boy was standing outside his house at Ariyanvayil village off the high road. An MTC bus proceeding towards Pulicat from the Tiruvottiyur bus depot knocked the boy down before running over him and killing him on the spot. The boy’s kin and neighbours held protests and laid siege to the bus. Minjur police rushed to the spot and later dispersed the crowd after holding talks.

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