<p>A minor boy died and his father was critically injured on Friday morning, after a speeding truck hit them while crossing a road in Behala Chowrasta area here, triggering massive protests by locals who torched several vehicles, officials said.</p>.<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kolkata?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kolkata</a><br />Ruckus in Kolkata's Behala area after a school boy was killed in a road accident this morning. After the accident, an angry mob set fire to the police jeep. The Diamond Harbour Road incident.<br /><br /><a href="https://t.co/7MCyKf53ae">pic.twitter.com/7MCyKf53ae</a></p>— Oxomiya Jiyori 🇮🇳 (@SouleFacts) <a href="https://twitter.com/SouleFacts/status/1687334125076946944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2023</a></blockquote>.<p>RAF personnel in large numbers were deployed, and police baton-charged protesters and fired teargas shells to bring the situation under control, they said.</p>.<p>The father of the deceased boy, Souranil Sarkar, is undergoing treatment at state-run SSKM Hospital.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/at-least-15-thought-to-be-dead-after-bus-crash-in-mexico-officials-say-1243558.html">At least 15 thought to be dead after bus crash in Mexico, officials say</a></strong></p>.<p>The accident took place around 6:30 am.</p>.<p>The protests led to disruption of traffic on the busy Diamond Harbour Road, a police officer said.</p>.<p>The truck driver has also been apprehended from Santragachi and the vehicle was impounded, he said.</p>
<p>A minor boy died and his father was critically injured on Friday morning, after a speeding truck hit them while crossing a road in Behala Chowrasta area here, triggering massive protests by locals who torched several vehicles, officials said.</p>.<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kolkata?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kolkata</a><br />Ruckus in Kolkata's Behala area after a school boy was killed in a road accident this morning. After the accident, an angry mob set fire to the police jeep. The Diamond Harbour Road incident.<br /><br /><a href="https://t.co/7MCyKf53ae">pic.twitter.com/7MCyKf53ae</a></p>— Oxomiya Jiyori 🇮🇳 (@SouleFacts) <a href="https://twitter.com/SouleFacts/status/1687334125076946944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2023</a></blockquote>.<p>RAF personnel in large numbers were deployed, and police baton-charged protesters and fired teargas shells to bring the situation under control, they said.</p>.<p>The father of the deceased boy, Souranil Sarkar, is undergoing treatment at state-run SSKM Hospital.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/at-least-15-thought-to-be-dead-after-bus-crash-in-mexico-officials-say-1243558.html">At least 15 thought to be dead after bus crash in Mexico, officials say</a></strong></p>.<p>The accident took place around 6:30 am.</p>.<p>The protests led to disruption of traffic on the busy Diamond Harbour Road, a police officer said.</p>.<p>The truck driver has also been apprehended from Santragachi and the vehicle was impounded, he said.</p>