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Truck set on fire in Makwanpur



KATHMANDU: An unidentified gang has torched a truck at Thaha Municipality-4 in Makwanpur district on early Thursday.

According to police, the group intercepted the truck, Na 5 Kha 7411, in the jungle between Palung and Daman and set it on fire after dousing it in petrol.

Three people including driver were taken out of the truck before it was set ablaze, said police. The cargo truck  was heading to Hetauda from Kathmandu.

No one has claimed the responsibility for the arson attack so far.

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