Bodo ultras loot bus passengers in Arunachal

The bus, carrying 17 persons, was made to stop by two local boys, who had boarded as passengers, at Naubhanga river point, where four other masked miscreants armed with carbines, daggers and other weapons joined them.

The gang then took the bus inside the forest before looting the passengers and disappearing into the jungle, police said. ØReceiving the information from the driver, police pressed its dog squad into service on Saturday night. All nearby police stations have been alerted and a combing operation launched to nab the culprits, they said.