Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : A speeding vehicle knocked down an eight year old girl Shabana Balvaiya on Bypass road under Ara Town police station on July 21, 2018, killing her on spot when she was trying to cross the road.
Irate residents of the area blocked Ara-Patna main road with the body and paralysed movement of vehicle for about three hours. They burnt tyres and raised slogans against Bhojpur district administration. They were demanding a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of deceased and arrest of the driver of the vehicle.
Police had to face wrath of the people when they went there to remove blockade. Later, senior police officials pacified them and assured them that the driver would be arrested at the earliest after the blockade was lifted. Police brought the body over to Sadar Hospital, Ara, for postmortem.