ST bus torched in Vijapur late in the night
March 26, 2016
Vijapur
Unidentified person(s) torched a State Transport(ST) bus in Vijapur town of north Gujarat. Police has filed complaint against unidentified person in this connection and started investigation.
A person came from railway station side in dark late in the night and torched ST bus which was parked near workshop of local ST depot.
As soon as the employees of GSRTC noticed this they tried to control the fire. In the meantime they saw around 25-year old youth fleeing towards railway station side.
Six seats of the bus (GJ18Y7560) were destroyed in this incident.
It should be mentioned here that a few days back in similar incident, one ST bus was torched in Visnagar town.
In similar incidents in Botad a few weeks ago, a group of Patidar quota agitators was arrested. ST buses have been prime target of Patidar quota agitators since the month of August last year.
– DeshGujarat
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