Visakhapatnam, September 13: Maoists set ablaze an RTC bus on Saturday night in Visakhpatanam Agency in protest against the encounter of Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in Adilabad forests.
About 10 armed Naxals torched the Visakhapatam-Jolaput night halt bus near Kunjibangi junction in Munchingput mandal at 9.30 pm. At the time of the incident, 13 passengers were travelling. Sources said three persons got on to the bus at Pedabayalu and bought tickets for Kunjibangi.
When the bus reached Kunjibangi, the trio picked up an argument with the conductor and in the meanwhile, 10 armed rebels attacked the bus. They asked the passengers to get down and took the bus two kms away. Later, they set it on fire.
They left leaflets demanding that the government order a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court into the Azad encounter case.
–Agencies