Lucknow, May 23 (IANS): A RSS worker succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a speeding vehicle in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, police said on Saturday.
Ajay Chaturvedi was distributing food to migrant workers on Friday when a vehicle hit him from behind, leaving him critically injured.
Ajay was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died during treatment, police added.
Ajay had been spearheading a campaign to provide food and ration to the needy for nearly two months amid the Covid-19 lockdown.
A large number of RSS activists and leaders including MLA Sharad Awasthi and District President Satish Sharma reached the hospital and asked the police officials to initiate a probe.