VARANASI, July 8 -- : A 35-year-old woman was killed after being run over by a speeding passenger bus near Roti Dhaba on the Suddhipur Bypass under the Shivpur police station area on Tuesday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Akanksha Srivastava, a resident of New Ashok Vihar Colony. Her husband, Rahul Kumar, works as a manager at a Union Bank of India branch. The family had been living in a rented house in the colony for the past five months.

According to police, Akanksha had walked to Atulanand School in Gilat Bazar to drop her seven-year-old daughter, as part of her daily routine. The accident took place while she was crossing the road on her way back home.

The bus was travelling from Gilat Bazar towards Babatpur when it h...