28 August, Gaushala:

Three buses that had been parked at Bardibas of Mahottari have been set ablaze by an unidentified group last night.

A bus (Na.5Kha.4994) plying on the Janakpur-Jaleswar-Kathmandu route, another bus (Na.5Kha.2694) in the Gaushala-Samsi-Kathmandu and a new bus were torched. They had been parked at Bardibas municipality-1 since the past five days. The incident took place at around 11 :20 last night, said the Area Police Office, Bardibas.

Two of the buses have been completely gutted in the fire while one suffered partial damage, according to police inspector Chandeswar Yadav. The buses were owned by Mukesh Chaudhary, a resident of Aurahi VDC in Mahottari.

Chaudhary was sleeping at his rented room when the incident took place. Soon after being informed by Chaudhary, police and locals worked together to put out the fire.

A search has been initiated to find those behind the incident, police said. RSS