KAMALPUR, Oct 13 (TIWN): A passenger carrier , Tata Magic Van, beraing no. TR-04-2669 got burnt in the house of the owner last night around 12.45 am, here at Kalachari under Kamalpur P.S. The unprecedented incident shocked and panicked the owner so much that he could not even overcome the shock till now.

 The local people treated it as an act of conspiracy done with a destructive mindset. According to the owner of the vehicle Mr. Anindra Choudhury  and other local people, the incident took place on Sunday night around 12.45 am when all were in deep sleep. Suddenly, Anindra woke up and noticed glaring light outside the room through the ventilator. He came out with other family members and found the vehicle caught in fire. They raised a hue and cry and the local people rushed to the spot. All tried to subdue the fire and informed the Fire Service. The fire service rushed to the spot and subdued the fire. In the morning SDPO Uttam Banik and later OC Debaprasad Roy visited the spot. They also traced patces of blood on road for almost a 50 metre from the house of Anindra up to the culvert on the Kamalpur-Ambassa road. The owner and even the local people could not believe the incident as the owner and his family is familiar as quite gentle and social. All strongly expressed  that the blood patches were of the miscrient who might got hurt while escaping hurriedly after setting fire to the vehicle. However, the police declined any possibility of conspiracy or destructiveness behind the incident.  Local people sternly opposed to agree with the notion of police.

Pic : OC, Kamalpur inspecting the burnt vehicle.