Dhanusha: A young man, who had been protesting the illegal extraction of construction material from riverbeds in Dhanusa district, was killed by a tipper truck early Friday morning.
Inspector Ram Kumar Yadav of the Dhalkebar Area Police Office said that 24-year-old Dilip Kumar Mahato of Sripur in Mithila Municipality was killed for protesting the illegal extraction of riverbed materials that was going on near his house. Mahato was forcefully dragged and crushed by the tipper, said Yadav.
The Dhalkebar Area Police Office has taken the driver, along with the tipper with registration number Na 7 Kha 6413, into custody.
Locals in the area obstructed the East-West highway by burning tyres while accusing the driver of murdering the youth. Security personnel have been deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incidents.
Meanwhile, Mahato’s body has been sent to the Janakpur-based Provincial Hospital for a postmortem, according to Yadav.
