Overview

• Police said the e‑rickshaw collided with a motorcycle near Maujpur Chowk around 7:35 a.m. and then toppled.
• Locals rescued three children and a teacher from under the vehicle, and the eight-year-old was taken to GTB Hospital where she was declared brought dead.
• The e‑rickshaw driver fled the scene and remains absconding as Jafrabad police deploy teams to trace him.
• An FIR under BNS sections 281 and 106(1) has been registered, and investigators are reviewing CCTV footage along with a purported crash video.
• In an unrelated case reported nearby, 36-year-old e‑rickshaw driver Bahadur died in the Welcome area after his handlebar allegedly detached, according to police.