Two elderly persons, including a woman, were killed and two children injured after being hit by a police vehicle in West Bengal’s Malda district on Saturday, reports PTI.
The accident happened in Sitalpur village when a police team went there to investigate a case and their vehicle hit the four locals before ramming into a house, Chanchal Sub-Divisional Officer Souvik Mukherjee said.
The deceased have been identified as Danisha Bewa (62) and Sk Mohammed, 60. They passed away when they were taken to Malda Medical College and Hospital, according to the police official.
The two children underwent treatment at Chanchal Superspeciality Hospital.
Following the incident, locals staged protest alleging that the driver of the police vehicle was drunk. They demanded immediate action against those cops involved in the accident.