From Our Correspondent
KHLIEHRIAT: When mourners were grieving over their loved ones who perished in Wednesday’s bus accident at Tongseng village, the villagers, who came out to offer their helping hand in rescue operations were actually busy looting the belongings of the passengers of the ill-fated vehicle.
“I am not happy with what had happened,” the District Magistrate of Unakoti District, Abhishek Chandra said on Thursday.
“We could not recover even a single mobile phone. We suspect all costly belonging including cash were stolen”, said Chandra.
Local people, who were engaged in rescue operations, charged Rs 5,000 per body, a senior police official said adding Rs 2,500 was demanded per coffin.
For dropping bodies, demands by vehicle owners ranged between Rs. 10, 000 to Rs. 12, 000.
“It seems every one is taking advantage of the situation”, said a senior government official.
