Daijiworld Media Network – Chitradurga (SP)

Chitradurga, Jul 15: After a boy was crushed to death by a speeding truck carrying iron ore near Hireguntanoor in the taluk on Wednesday July 14 evening, the locals went berserk and burnt down nine lorries carrying iron ore.

A boy named Revanasiddappa (10) from Gollarahatti in Hireguntanoor, who was crossing the road after arriving in the village from Chitradurga, was knocked down by a truck, which was reportedly being driven recklessly. The villagers turned angry at the incident, shattered the glasses of the lorry and then burnt it down. They also pelted stones at eight more iron trucks which came that way and torched them. Drivers and cleaners of the vehicles were allowed to flee.

When staff of fire brigade and emergency services reached the spot to douse the flames, the villagers stopped them. They stuck to the stand that they would not allow any relief operations to be undertaken, till the trucks turned into ashes. When the fire brigade vehicle tried to extinguish the raging the fire, it also suffered damages, as people threw stones at it.

People from nearby villages also reached the spot and tension gripped the village. The policemen faced lot of problems in controlling the mob. Some local leaders helped the policemen to restore normalcy later.