Overview
- A dumper truck fatally ran over a seven-year-old near Oscar Hospital at Charkop Naka on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
- The driver fled after the crash and was arrested hours later, with police identifying him as 45-year-old Pappu Patel.
- Residents gathered at the junction, blocked traffic, and demanded action over poor traffic control near the BMC school, with police saying the area was calm by about 6 pm.
- Charkop police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), though reports differ on the sections cited, listing either 106(2) and 105 or 106 and 232.
- Accounts also differ on the child’s name, reported as either Rutika Chauhan or Ritika Chavan, while the post-mortem and police inquiry continue.