India, May 22 -- A sanitation worker who was critically injured after being run over by a bus during a protest outside the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) headquarters on Tuesday died during treatment on Wednesday night.

Police said Asha Sahane, 50, a contractual sweeper with the civic body, suffered severe injuries after her foot got trapped under the wheel of a Mira-Bhayander Municipal Transport bus and she was dragged a few metres amid the commotion outside the MBMC office in Bhayander East.

Her son, Vikas Vinod Sahane, 25, received a call informing him about the accident. He rushed to the hospital and learnt that a bus had run over his mother's leg during the protest.

According to police, sanitation workers affiliated w...