{
  "id": 20177899,
  "title": "Owner of minibus in Assam accident that killed 26 arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/owner-of-minibus-in-assam-accident-that-killed-26-arrested",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T13:19:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/owner-of-minibus-in-assam-accident-that-killed-26-arrested/article71704816.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Police have arrested the owner of the minibus involved in a deadly accident near Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Sunday, November 15, 2026. The incident, which took place on Friday, November 13, 2026, resulted in 26 fatalities, including the 64-year-old driver and several college students. Fifteen others remain hospitalized, fighting for their lives in hospitals in Jorhat and Golaghat districts.\n\nAnjir Ali, the minibus owner, was apprehended during an investigation into alleged traffic violations and safety breaches. Police suspect that Ali tampered with the vehicle's mandatory speed regulator to allow the minibus to accumulate more trips. Golaghat's Senior Superintendent of Police, Swapnanil Deka, revealed that the minibus had previously violated speed restrictions near and beyond Kaziranga National Park. Traffic violation records show that the minibus was fined ₹4,000 in Jorhat on March 3, 2026, for traveling at 102 km per hour. The owner subsequently paid ₹38,500 to clear 12 traffic challans, but a ₹4,000 penalty remains outstanding, which is the applicable fine for over-speeding by a commercial vehicle in Assam.\n\nDeka also suggested that the driver may have lost control of the vehicle before the collision with a container truck.",
  "summary": "Police arrested Anjir Ali from Nagaon district after the accident near Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat district that killed 26, and suspect he tampered with the minibus’s mandatory speed regulator to make it log more trips",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}