HYDERABAD: Varsity bus torched

Published February 24, 2007

HYDERABAD, Feb 23: A bus carrying 25 employees of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology was torched within the jurisdiction of Bhittai Nagar police on Friday. There were no casualties.

The bus was on its way to Qasim Chowk. Some miscreants riding a motorcycle and a car intercepted it near Ghora ground. They offloaded the passengers and set fire to it.

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