Several miscreants set a man’s car on fire at Marpur village under the Bhadrak Rural police limits on Monday night as he had informed police about the theft of coal from trains committed by them.
According to reports, accused were involved in stealing coal from freight trains and the RPF had raided several places in locality earlier on the day to apprehend them. The cops questioned one Pratap Behera of the village regarding the crime and he informed the RPF about the location of coal theft. On the basis of the information, police seized several vehicles which were used by accused in stealing coal.Being angry over Behera’s act, miscreants torched his car, which was parked near his house.
