Bus hits boy, set on fire

Police have identified the victim as Prakash Dhanu Rathod, a resident of the Gabasaavalagi. Prakash was on his way to house on his bicycle from the field, when the private bus hit his bicycle.

As soon the news spread, the angry residents of the village stoned the bus and torched it. The bus is completely burnt. Prakash has been shifted to a hospital in Bijapur, police said.