Anti-social elements torched a motor-repairing shop at Bhuiyandih Chowk, which is under Sitaramdera police station area, in the wee hours of Thursday. Beside the repairing shop was a tea-stall, which was also caught by fire. The fire did not spread further due to the quick initiative by the local police.
Officer-in-charge, Sitaramdera police station, Dayanand Kumar confirmed about the fire and said that the incident took place at about 1.30 am.
The tea-stall belonging to one Kishan Kumar and the motor repairing shop owned by Mohammed Jackey at Bhuiyandih Chowk were set on fire by some anti-social elements at the unearthly hours of 1.30 am on Thursday.
The officer-in-charge
stated that both Kishan and Jackey are local residents and said that the mischief is
suspected to have committed by some rival of the two shop-owners.