The scooter (Lu 15 Pa 7558) is set on fire by dousing petrol at Rampur Chowk on March 13 for defying strike called off by UDMF targeting the CPN-UML Mechi-Mahakali Campaign. The scooter is completely destroyed.
Likewise, on the same day, bus owner, Saroj Pun, 20 of Siddhartha Municipality-7 was beaten as the bus was heading towards Kapilvastu to attend a marriage ceremony. According to DSP Bel Bahadur Pandey of DPO, Rupandehi the victim has sustained injuries and bruises all over his body.
Police have arrested four people from Rampur Chowk in the charge of involving in arson of the scooter on March 12. Those arrested are Biyusddin Khan of Gonaha VDC-9, Raj Kumar Yadav of Kamhariya VDC-6, Jamaluddin Musalman of Karauta VDC-3 and Najamuddin Musalman of Kamhariya VDC. The injured victim is undergoing treatment at Bhim Hospital of Bhairahawa according to DSP Pandey.