Digital Desk: in the late hours on Monday, a mob of around 100 people set a private bus on fire which was carrying employees of a private company.
According to the police reports, the incident took place on the outskirts of Gujarat’s Bharuch town after one of the vehicles ran upon an elderly man and killed him on the spot.
Following the incident, a furious mob of around 100 people allegedly burnt down a public carrying vehicle which mowed down the elderly person.
The police rushed to the spot and inspected the area and sent the dead body of the elderly man for post mortem to a nearby government hospital near Dahej Bypass Road on Monday night.
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The police report says that no one is injured during the rampage as all the passengers of both the buses got down before the vehicles were set ablaze, Bharuch inspector AK Bharwad said.
The dead elderly man is identified as, Ismail Manchwala (65).
The police have lodged two separate FIRs -- in connection with the death of the man and the torching of buses by the mob.
As per one of the FIRs, Manchwala, a resident of Sherpura village, was run over by one of the buses while he was crossing the road at the bus stop. The man suffered a head injury and died on the spot.
A separate FIR on charges of assault and rioting was registered against a mob of around 100 people, the official said.
After being alerted, local fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and doused the flames, he said. No arrest has been made so far, the official said.
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