A 13-year-old boy, Murshid, was tragically killed after being allegedly run over twice by a Mahindra Thar in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Eyewitnesses reported the SUV driver hit the boy on his bicycle and then reversed over him before fleeing the scene. The victim's family, living in a jhuggi, mourns his loss and seeks justice.
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