6 migrant workers run over by bus in Uttar Pradesh

Six migrant workers were run over by an Uttar Pradesh government bus on a highway in the state's Muzaffarnagar district, the police said this morning. Two workers were injured.

The workers had been walking to their hometown Gopalganj in Bihar from Punjab amid the coronavirus lockdown, reports NDTV.

The police said the bus was empty and the driver is on the run.

The accident happened at 11 pm on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the UP government in a statement had directed officers to ensure that no migrant workers walk on the road "at any cost".

Accidents involving migrant workers who are walking home have been reported from across the country in recent days. Last week, 16 migrant workers in a group of 20 were killed after a cargo train ran over them while they were sleeping on the tracks in Maharashtra's Aurangabad.