Incident Reports

Three buses torched in Mahottari

2015-08-28

Madhes, Mahottari, Bardibas

An unidentified group of people have torched three buses, which were being parked here at Bardibas Municipality-1 of the district on Thursday night. They were parked there since last five days. According to Area Police Office, Bardibas, the torched buses were identified as Na 5 kha 4994, Na 2 kha, 2694 and a newly brought one. A group of unidentified people torched the buses at around 10 pm pouring petrol on the buses, Mukesh Chaudhary, owner of the bus informed. Chaudhary, originally from Aurahi VDC, was asleep at his rented room in the Bardibas when the incident took place. The buses were parked some 300 meters' distance from the police station. Earlier on Wednesday evening, a passenger bus and a truck were also torched at Laxminiya-5 of the district along the East-West Highway. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Arson
Weapons Fire
Primary Cause Unclear
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate
Actor 2 - Youth na
Totally damaged Vehicles 3
Severely damaged Vehicles 3
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