Agencies, Mon, Sep 26, 2011, Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh:
A truck driver was killed today allegedly by Road Transport Office (RTO) staffers after he refused to pay bribe during a vehicle checking drive in Naubatpur locality in Sayyadraza area here, police said.
Anant Lal Gupta, 50, from Kaushambi district, was allegedly beaten to death around 5 am by some members of the RTO staff, Superintendent of Police Shalabh Mathur, said.
The victim's son Ashwini, 23, who worked as a cleaner with his father, said: “One of the constables of the RTO Department took the vehicle for weighing centre and found the truck was not overloaded. He still demanded Rs 1,000.”
His father was willing to pay only Rs 500 after which the RTO constables and one Shiv Kumar of the weighing centre beat him brutally, causing his death, he said.
After the incident, angry locals blocked the National Highway-2 in protest and turned violent, pelting stones at the police when they tried to disperse the crowd, Mathur said.
A police constable was injured in the incident. The police fired in the air and baton-charged crowds to control the situation, he said. An FIR has been registered in the incident, Mathur added.
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