Irate locals on Monday night thrashed the driver of a car and later torched the vehicle near the Dumduma Durga Mandap under the Khandagiri police station here after a mishap.
Sources said Mohammad Sahadin Ali of Dumduma along with his wife and six-year-old daughter were on their way by a bike when the car hit them near the Durga Mandap. All of them were critically injured and rushed to hospital.
locals enraged over the incident torched the vehicle alleging that the driver was driving it in an inebriated condition. The Khandagiri police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. The police are investigating into the incident.