Yogi Aditya Nath supporters set train on fire
Balrampur, Jan 30 (UNI) Protesting the arrest of BJP MP Yogi Aditya Nath, activists of the Hindu Vahini set a Gonda-bound train on fire here tonight.
According to railway police sources, as soon as the train (213), coming from Gorakhpur, left Tulsipur Railway Station, it was stopped and torched by miscreants at Seria drain.
Railway police personnel fired on the miscreants. But, they managed to escape.
Meanwhile, fire fighters have been rushed to douse the blaze and the fire-affected boggies have been separated, they said.
In another incident, a tragedy was averted when police saved a UP roadways bus in Sarnath police station area, where some anti-social elements tried to set it on fire.
UNI
Story first published: Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 13:42 [IST]