Tripura to probe mysterious death of five passengers
November 14th, 2007 - 2:14 am ICT by adminChief Secretary of Tripura, Sashi Prakash has spoken with his Jharkhand counterpart over phone, and has apprised him of the incident, sources said.
It is suspected that the five people died of suffocation as both the vehicles were completely packed with passengers.
The victims include a 28-year-old woman from Jharkhand, who was travelling to Tripura to work in brickfields.
There were over 70 passengers in the 35-seater bus and few hours after the buses had left Guwahati on Wednesday, many passengers complained of sickness due to suffocation.
Sources said the bus drivers refused the passengers’ appeal to stop the vehicles midway due to security reasons.
Many passengers were later admitted to the government hospital at Kumarghat in north Tripura in critical conditions. The bus operators have been arrested. (ANI)
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