TORCHED BUSES * India - Autorickshaw operators set buses ablaze
Kolkata,India -AP/The Times of India -3 Jan 2009: -- Three buses were torched and several vehicles damaged in Kolkata in a rampage by Trinamool Congress-backed autorickshaw operators protesting a court ban on ageing public transport vehicles in the city and to demand the release of 18 arrested protesters... ( Watch Video ) The buses were burnt in around Park Circus in south Kolkata as a large contingent of police stood by but could do little as the auto operators, protesting a ban by the Calcutta High Court on two-stroke autos from January 1, indulged in violence... They not only damaged and set ablaze the buses but also snatched cash and valuables from passengers and conductors of the buses during a 12-hour strike called by the Trinamool Congress-backed Auto Bachao Committee and the Progressive Taximen's Union... (AP Photo - A state-owned bus set afire by autorickshaw operators in Kolkata)Labels: protests
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