Boy killed in mishap

PUNE, Nov 3: Nitin S Alote, a nine-year-old boy of Chinchwad, was killed on the spot when he came under the wheels of a truck near the railway Maldhakka at Chinchwad this morning.

Police said Nitin, who had learnt cycling recently, was practicing his newly acquired skill on a vacant plot in front of his house before going to school when the mishap took place. Meanwhile, truck driver Gokul Raya Telange 40 of Chinchwad has been arrested by the Nigdi police.