LUCKNOW: A minor boy was killed in Gonda district after an Uttar Pradesh minister's SUV allegedly knocked him down on Saturday . According to police, the Toyota Innova of backward class welfare minister Om Prakash Rajbhar hit the eight-yearold Shiva on a state highway around 6pm, and sped away . The boy soon died of injuries.Rajbhar, president of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party -an ally of the BJP , was going from his home town in Ballia to Gonda when the incident took place. Two police jeeps were escorting his SUV .The SUV knocked down Shiva when he was playing on the road, police said. The boy got puzzled with the loud sounds of hooters and started running hastily when the speeding SUV knocked him down, police added.A case was registered against an unidenti fied vehicle and unknown driver, a senior police officer said. Another police officer said three ve hicles were present when the accident took place. “Villagers informed the police that be sides the minister's Innova, two police jeeps crossed the stretch when the accident took place,“ he said. Talking to TOI on phone, Rajbhar denied that his SUV was involved in the accident.“Many people were following me in their vehi cles. I suspect a white Tata Safari hit the boy. I am finding out who owned the vehicle. I learned about the accident late, hence could not stop,“ said Rajbhar.Villagers informed the police that besides the minister's Innova, two police jeeps also crossed the stretch when the accident took place