NEW DELHI, May 18, 2024 (BSS/XINHUA) - At least nine people, including sixwomen, were killed and 15 others suffered burns Saturday after a bus carryingthem caught fire in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police said. The bus carrying Hindu devotees, including women and children, fromneighbouring Punjab state caught fire on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expresswaynear Tauru in Nuh district. A moving bus carrying around 60 people caught fire, killing nine people andinjuring 15 others, a police official said, adding that the injured werehospitalized and their conditions were reported to be stable. According to police, the victims had jointly hired a bus to pay a visit tothe pilgrim towns of Mathura and Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. "The ill-fated bus was returning to Punjab when it suddenly caught fire," thepolice official said, adding that the cause of the fire was underinvestigation.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha May 18, 2024 07:13 UTC