Kangpokpi, Manipur, June 19 (HBTV): A bus carrying policemen of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was torched by a mob on Monday night in Manipur's hill district Kangpokpi.     

Police said the men of the central paramilitary force were told to get down from a bus after which it was set on fire. A fire truck immediately doused the blaze. There were no casualties.      

A complaint was filed against unidentified individuals in Kangpokpi. Kangpoki is approximately 45 km from the state’s capital Imphal. The incident reportedly happened at approximately 9:00 pm. 

Police sources said to have questioned some suspects in the Kuki-dominated district. The bus was being used on hire and was registered in the name of an individual from the valley-dominant Meitei community, police sources said.           

According to sources, the mob's action was in retaliation against the burning of two trucks in Meitei-dominated Bishnupur district during the previous week. The trucks were carrying construction material to build a bridge in Churachandpur, another hill district. 

Updates said the bus was taking the CRPF personnel to the Kangpokpi district commissioner's office, where they had been posted since the Lok Sabha elections concluded.