An eight-year-old girl was killed Thursday afternoon after being run over by her school van in Naini, shortly after arriving home. The accident sparked outrage among local residents, who allegedly assaulted the driver before handing him over to the police.
After exiting the van, she reportedly became trapped when the strap of her school bag caught in the vehicle’s door. The driver, assuming the child had already reached safely, allegedly reversed the van without checking, pinning her between the vehicle and the boundary wall of her home. The victim was an only child of her parents. Originally from the Mirzapur district, the family resides in Prayagpuram, Naini. Taswani lived with her grandparents, Surendra Pathak, a retired section engineer, and Kadambini Pathak. Her father, Manish Pathak, works in a private firm in Delhi , while her mother, Aarti Dubey, is a government school teacher posted in Gorakhpur.
The victim, Taswani Udyanshi Pathak, a Class III student of Delhi Public School , reached home in the school van at around 3:30 pm, according to family members.
