Panic gripped the Mawbah area of Shillong on Saturday night amid the ongoing Durga Puja festivities after an abandoned scooty was partially burnt by miscreants at around 9.45 pm.
East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said, “Information received that at about 9.45 pm one abandoned scooty got partially burnt by miscreants at Mawbah. We are enquiring into the matter.”
Asked whether it was a suspected petrol bomb attack, Syiem said, “The matter is being verified.”
