Truck set on fire in Assam

KOKRAJHAR: A flour-laden truck from Uttar Pradesh was set on fire by unidentified miscreants in Assam’s Kokrajhar district and its driver knocked down by a passing vehicle as he attempted to flee, a police officer said. The truck, which was on its way to Tezpur in Sonitpur district, was burned down on Tuesday night on NH-31 in Narabari area of Kokrajhar during the observation of a 48-hour bandh in the state, he said. The deceased driver has been identified as Saddam Hussain – a 25-year-old resident of Kazuba Kemri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district. (PTI)