May 04, 2026 06:11 am (IST)
Mob set ablaze passenger bus in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 23 (IBNS): Tension gripped in a town of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) on Wednesday after a mob set ablaze a bus following a road mishap in which a retired teacher was killed, police said.
The incident took place at Nikasi town in the BTAD area on Wednesday morning.
A bus, carrying workers and supporters of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) to a rally, hit a retired teacher at Nikasi town area.
The deceased person was identified as Manmath Medhi.
Following the accident, local people immediately reached the area and angry mob set ablaze the bus.
There have been no report about any passenger of the bus yet.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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