Guwahati: An irate mob set a vehicle on fire in Hajo alleging that the occupants of the vehicle were drug peddlers.
A police source said that a vehicle had met with an accident in Hajo last night and locals tried to rescue the occupants.
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However, on reaching the spot, the locals found out that they were alleged drug peddlers.
They then attacked the said peddlers and set the vehicle bearing registration number AS01EF0229 on fire.
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The occupants who were yet to be identified managed to flee from the spot somehow.
Later the police recovered the vehicle and initiated an investigation.
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