Kathmandu. In the case of deliberately arson of a bus after a dispute with the traffic police on the afternoon of September 5 at Tripureshwar Chowk, there may be a question as to what is the insurance claim. If the insured property is deliberately set on fire, the claim is not charged. However, in the case of damage caused by the arson of a third party, the owner gets compensation for the insurance claim.
The driver of the bus, who was seriously injured in the torching of a bus (Ba 5 Kha 4274) of Riddhisiddhi Yatayat driven by himself, died during treatment at Kirtipur Burn Hospital. He was taken to the hospital with 90 per cent burns and his treatment could not be successful due to his serious condition.
Initially, on the basis of the driver’s license, the police informed that the deceased driver was Daba Lama with a permanent address in Kavre. However, later when the person named Daba Lama was found alive, it was revealed that the real identity of the deceased was Arjun Dong Tamang of Makwanpur Indrasarovar Rural Municipality.
If the driver does not have a driver’s license, then the family members of that driver will not be able to pay the claim amount for accidental death. Because if the act is contrary to the prevailing law, then the condition of not getting an insurance claim is prescribed.
The drivers had set the bus on fire after the Nepal Traffic Police took them under control despite not violating the traffic rules and even though they were innocent.
Motorcyclist Ganesh Nepali of Jumla, who had set himself on fire on July 25 in front of the Passport Department office in Tripureshwor after the municipal police had locked the wheel on his motorcycle, but the general public has been comparatively silent on the incident of bus arson. Although they have expressed grief over the incident on social media, they have not launched a campaign to raise funds for the incident, fearing that sympathizing with such a trend will encourage suicide.
