Vehicles set ablaze in Howrah after death of councillor’s brother

Trucks in flames after irate mob set them ablaze and tried to do the same to a godown in Shalimar area of Howrah district on Friday. (Source: PTI photo)

A mob on Friday set ablaze five vehicles and tried to do the same to a godown in Shalimar area of Howrah district, following the death of the brother of a councillor in a hospital, the police said.

The mob set fire to four trucks and a private car, the police said adding it also made an effort to set ablaze a godown. Five fire tenders later controlled the blaze, the police said.

The incident is a fall-out of a clash between two groups in the railway yard in Shalimar in which two persons were injured on April 7.

One of the two, Binod Singh, brother of a Howrah Municipal Corporation councillor, died in hospital on Friday morning.

Security personnel including RAF members were deployed in the area and the situation is now under control, the police said.

Source:: Indian Express