BOY HIT BY TMC MP’S CAR, DIES

BERHAMPORE: A five-year-old boy, Hasim Sarkar, died after he was hit by the car of Trinamool Congress MP Abu Taher Khan in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Wednesday, police said.

The police have arrested the car’s driver, identified as Alamgir Mondol, and seized the Scorpio car, a senior officer said. “The child got hit by my vehicle when he was trying to run across the road. I rushed him to the hospital in my vehicle. The doctors tried their best but couldn’t save him,” Khan said.