HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, Feb 21: A tea garden manager escape unhurt after his vehicle was set on fire by miscreants on Tuesday at section 31 Hansra division in Raidang tea estate in upper Assam Tinsukia district.
The garden manager has been identified as Jagdish Singh Phulera.
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According to reports, the incident took place at around 4-5pm in the evening when the garden manager was on his regular inspection visit at Section 31 in Raidang tea estate of Hansara division.
Sources said the miscreants tried to kill the garden manager by setting the vehicle on fire.
Meanwhile, garden manager Jagdish Singh Phulera has filed an FIR at Doomdooma police station.
The All Assam Tea Tribe Students’ Association (ATTSA) condemned the incident and demanded for an inquiry.
“In the past, the garden manager was attacked three times. Even after filing FIRs multiple times, we fail to understand as to why the administration is failing to take the incidents seriously and not taking any steps,” stated ATTSA leader.
The ATTSA alleged that the garden manager had been earlier attacked by unidentified miscreants on two accounts.
“A vehicle of a garden manager was set on fire by miscreant on yesterday. Nobody was injured in the incident. We have started our investigation,” said a police official of Doomdooma police station.
