Odisha: Buses torched after senior citizen couple killed on Bhubaneswar-Puri national highway

A mob in Odisha torched three buses on Monday after one of the vehicles, in an attempt to overtake two others, killed a senior citizen couple on a bike.

As per reports in the Times of India, Hadu Khan (70) and his wife Kuni Bibi (65) were run over by a speeding Bhubaneswar-bound bus that was coming from Puri. The couple died on the spot

Locals alleged the accident occurred when the bus tried to overtake two other buses in the narrow Pipili bazaar area. Aggrieved people set afire the three buses after driving the passengers out of the vehicles.

Protesting rash driving by commercial vehicles in the busy area, locals blocked the Bhubaneswar-Puri national highway-316 for nearly two hours, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides.