Angry mob set ablaze a truck at Rani Tea estate on the outskirts of Guwahati on Monday, 22 March 2010. The incident occurred when the proprietor of Rani Tea estate, Mridul Kumar Bhattacharjee, accused physically a tribal woman and opened fired on an irate group of garden workers. A tribal woman from a nearby village was taking a short cut through the garden to reach another village when the planter caught hold of her and started beating her and also tore her clothes. A large number of locals and garden workers arrived and tried to attack the planter who then took out a licensed Pistol and fired at the mob. A 15-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured on Monday when the owner of a tea estate allegedly fired at angry protesters, who set ablaze two garden factories and the owner"s residence, police

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