The group sprinkled petrol on the truck with registration number NL 02 K 7661that was heading towards Narayangadh from Raxual, according to the District Police Office, Chitwan.[break]
Members of the gang that came on motorcycles stopped the cargo vehicle at Ratna Nagar-3 last night, ordered the driver and his assistant out of the vehicle and torched it. The front part of the truck has been burnt. Th fire was brought under control with the help of fire engine.
It is said the truck was carrying small vehicles and various goods of the British Embassy in Nepal. Police is hunting for the arsonists.
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