Digboi, June 12 -- An irate mob allegedly torched a commercial four-wheeler (AS06 BC 9422) on Thursday morning in the Panbari area under Digboi police station, located in Assam's Tinsukia district, after rescuing stolen cattle found loaded in the mini truck.

The area, long plagued by frequent incidents of cattle theft, witnessed heightened anger from the agrarian residents of Panbari.

Upon catching the theft in progress, the mob reportedly apprehended and chastised the alleged kingpin, Tulon Changmai of Panbari village, before setting the vehicle ablaze.

While Digboi police later rescued Changmai from the scene, the other accomplices allegedly involved in the crime managed to flee.

Notably, one member of a four-person gang arrested in...