The incident soon triggered violence when the angry residents set the truck on fire, the police said.

According to the police, the accident occurred on Saturday afternoon when Mahesh Desai, 25, and his brother, Lavkush Verma, 26, were riding a two-wheeler in the Santosh Bhavan area of Nalasopara (East) when a truck rammed into their bike, causing them both to fall on the road. "The truck then ran over the two men. They were seriously injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital by some passersby. While Verma, who was pillion riding, sustained severe injuries, Desai was declared dead," said a police officer.

After the accident, the truck driver, identified as Vitthal Shinde, fled the scene, leaving the truck behind. Angry residents of the area soon gathered at the accident site and set the truck on fire, the officer said.

Meanwhile, some residents who witnessed the accident claim that Desai lost balance while riding on the pothole-ridden road, causing the vehicle to skid. Desai and Verma both fell on the road and came under the rear wheels of a passing truck, which ran over them. However, the police dismissed that the two men fell under the truck's wheels because of the potholes on the road and said it was a hit-and-run case.

The police have registered a case against the truck driver for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and arrested him on Sunday morning. Cases have also been registered against a few locals, who set the truck ablaze, the officer added.