Chhattisgarh: Naxals set passenger bus on fire in Bijapur
A group of Naxals set a passenger bus on fire in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
Bijapur: A group of Naxals set a passenger bus on fire in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
The incident was reported near 5:15 p.m. in the evening on Thursday, in a bus heading to Bareguda ( Bijapur) from Jagdalpur ( Bastar).
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According to sources, a group of 10-15 armed Naxals, garbed in local and uniformed dresses, abducted the bus when it reached near a jungle.
They then vacated the bus and set its diesel tank on fire.
The Naxalites then went towards the forest after the arson.
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No passenger has been reportedly injured in the incident. ( ANI)