2 College Students Run Over In Kolkata, Mob Torches 3 Buses

The police allegedly resorted to a lathicharge to control the situation and that enraged the crowd. The stone throwing intensified and when fire engines tried to reach the spot to put out the flames, those were pelted with stones too.

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2 College Students Run Over In Kolkata, Mob Torches 3 Buses
All India Written by Monideepa Banerjie
The police allegedly resorted to a lathicharge to control the situation and that enraged the crowd. The stone throwing intensified and when fire engines tried to reach the spot to put out the flames, those were pelted with stones too.
Updated : February 03, 2018 17:52 IST

Story Highlights
Clashes erupted in Kolkata after a bus ran over 2 college students
Police had to use teargas on stone throwing mobs
3 buses set on fire; fire engines stoned too
Kolkata: In Kolkata, police had to use teargas on stone throwing mobs that went on the rampage, setting at least three buses on fire on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass after one of them ran over two first year college students at Chingrighata. The two victims, who died on the spot, were residents of areas adjacent to the bypass and locals poured onto the arterial road, setting fire to buses, stoning cars and the police force that had rushed to the spot.