SHRP president's car torched by miscreants

Gangtok, Nov 23 (UNI) Unidentified miscreants burnt the car of Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP) president A B Subba near Malli Bazar in South District yesterday.

DIG, Range, A Sachdeva said here today that Dr Subba was going to attend a meeting near Malli when the vehicle developed some problems.

While Dr Subba, accompanied by some other party activists, left for the meeting, the driver and another person tried to repair the vehicle.

At this juncture some miscreants pounced upon the two, beat them mercilessly and then set the vehicle afire.

An FIR was lodged and a massive manhunt was on to arrest the guilty.

Meanwhile, SHRP general scretary T Shrestra alleged that the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) activists masterminded the attack.

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