bus set on fire

Naxals first asked passengers to alight, then torched bus in C'garh

Security forces have rushed to the spot and combing operations to apprehend the Naxals involved in the incident were underway.

Vandana, secretary of the Poorvanchal Jan Andolan Samiti, went to the Varanasi bus stand at around 11 am and boarded a state-run Volvo bus.

According to sources, a group of 10-15 armed Naxals, garbed in local and uniformed dresses, abducted the bus when it reached near a jungle.

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