Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Sep 13: In an incident which occurred near Padil in the city on Monday September 12, three angry youngsters intercepted a bus, scolded and thrashed its driver and conductor. It is said that their anger was fuelled by the fact that the driver did not allow the Honda Activa vehicle on which they were seated, to overtake the bus.
After the incident, police took into custody one of the culprits, while the other two managed to flee from the spot.
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus in question was bound for Ujire from State Bank here. Three persons from the city, identified as Mohanraj, Pranesh, and Neekshit, were travelling by the two-wheeler. They stopped the bus near Padil, accusing the driver of purposefully not giving them room to overtake the bus. They entered the bus, showered choicest abuses on the driver, pulled at his clothes, and kicked him, it is learnt. The driver has been identified as Kuppuralinga from Channarayapatna. They also attacked bus conductor, Basavaraju. The trio, in addition, broke the rear view mirror of the bus.
When driver and conductor of another bus which followed the earlier one, identified as Harish and Thimmanna Gowda, approached them, the men beat them up too, as per information.
Police personnel who came to know about the incident, went to the spot. They could arrest one of the accused, Mohanraj, while the other two decamped from the scene. The policemen are questioning the arrested man.