7-Year-Old Girl Killed in Hit-and-Run at Lakhipur During Durga Puja Shopping

A seven-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a speeding dumper truck while crossing National Highway 37 (Silchar–Imphal) at Fulertal in Cachar’s Lakhipur on Friday morning (October 16), on the first day of Durga Puja festivities, that is Shashthi.

The deceased has been identified as Ritika Das, daughter of Rakhu Kumar Das and a resident of Devipur village under Lakhipur Police Station. She went to the market with her mother to buy clothes for Durga Puja when a speeding dumper, bearing registration number AS11 EC 4715, hit her as she was crossing the road.

According to local sources, the driver attempted to flee after the accident, but the vehicle got stuck a short distance away. Locals stopped the dumper and handed over the driver to the police.

Ritika was initially taken to a nearby private hospital and later shifted by ambulance to Choto Mamda Model Hospital as her condition deteriorated. However, doctors declared her dead.

Lakhipur Police seized the vehicle and detained the driver. The child’s body was subsequently sent to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem examination.

The tragic incident has cast a pall of gloom over Devipur and the surrounding areas amid the Durga Puja festivities.