IMPHAL, September 22: Unidentified persons reportedly set ablaze a Tata Venture vehicle engaged in transportation of school students near Cherith Foundation School along Pallel-Aimol Road on the intervening night of September 21 and 22.
The vehicle bearing registration number MN 05C-1922 belongs to Takhellambam Mukta alias Tombi from Pallel Bazar.
According to driver of the vehicle Asem Manao, the vehicle was compelled to park at the area as its tyres got burst just after finishing school service. The area where the vehicle was torched is being used by other vehicles for temporary parking whenever they face unavoidable problem.
The driver narrated that he went to search for workshop to repair the tyres but found his vehicle completely torched after he returned to the area.
Expressing shock on the incident, he appealed to the perpetrator (s) to clarify why the act was committed.
The aggrieved driver also urged the concerned authorities to book the perpetrator (s) behind the act at the earliest.
Meanwhile, owner of the ill-fated vehicle has expressed discontentment on the School Van Association, Pallel Area under which his vehicle is registered, for not visiting the area to take stock of the unfortunate incident despite being informed about it.