A 12-year-old girl died after being hit by a tipper truck at Rupani of Saptari district on Tuesday.
The family of the victim and locals have resorted to protest following the incident. A Truck Parts
Police informed that the demonstrators have been obstructing vehicular movement along the Rupani road section of the East-West Highway. Police fired several shells of teargas to disperse the agitated crowd and clear the road section.
A team of police personnel from Rajbiraj headquarters has been deployed to the incident site to investigate the incident.
Spare Parts Abdhesh Kumar Jha is the Saptari correspondent for Kantipur Publications.