A two-year-old boy was mowed down by an e-rickshaw after an eight-year-old boy pressed the accelerators of the unattended vehicle in Delhi’s Burari on Tuesday, police said.

The e-rickshaw driver, identified as Rajaram, had left the key in the ignition while he went to deliver water nearby. An FIR has been registered against Rajaram at the Burari police station on charges of causing death by negligence.

Police said that around 2 pm, Mihir, the toddler, was playing outside the house along with his cousins when an eight-year-old boy accidentally pressed the accelerator of the e-rickshaw, causing it to move forward. Mihir came under the vehicle and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Police alleged that Rajaram’s negligence led to the fatal incident.

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