In another case of street justice, a jeep driver was burnt alive by angry mob in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Thursday after an accident in which a student was killed and two others were injured, police said.
Angry over the death of the student, who was a minor, in the accident, the mob burnt alive the jeep driver in Mirganj in Gopalganj district, about 150 km from here, a police officer said.
"The jeep accidentally hit three children, killing a child and injuring two others near a village... After this, angry villagers thrashed the driver and set his jeep afire. The villagers then threw the driver into the flames," the officer said.