Police SUV mows down 14-year-old

Vadodara: A 14-year-old boy was run over by a vehicle of Panchmahal police on Thursday when he, along with his cousins were waiting by the roadside near Godhra for a vehicle to go to a local temple.
Godhra taluka police inspector B R Gohil said that the vehicle was carrying the dog squad of the Panchmahal police to Ahmedabad for the PM’s programme. An offence lodged by Arvind Bhabhor, a resident of Motivav in Dahod district, claimed that his son Mahesh was hit by a Mahindra Bolero of Panchmahal police when he was waiting on the roadside along with his cousins.Bhabhor said he had come to the Doctor Na Muvada village to meet a relative and the youngsters had planned a trip to a temple on the banks of Mahi.
The children left home and went to the highway from where they planned to arrange some transportation to reach the temple. However, after the incident happened, the other children rushed home to inform their parents about the accident and by the time the elders reached the spot, the boy had already succumbed.
He added that the offence had stated that the boy was standing on the side of the road when he was hit. However, the driver of the police vehicle claimed that there was a small eatery across the road and the boy seems to have gone there. On his way back, he suddenly came in front of the vehicle and was run over even before the driver could apply brakes.