Udupi Update: Attack on Bus staff, Buses Protest, Stay Off the Road


Udupi Update: Attack on Bus staff, Buses Protest,  Stay Off the Road

Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
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9.00am, IST

Udupi, Aug 11: The buses moving out of Udupi are on strike today, protesting against the police inaction in arresting all the accused who attacked a bus driver and conductor at Ucchila on Sunday, Aug 10 afternoon. The buses are staying off the road, in tune with a press statement issued by Coastal Bus Drivers and Conductors Association president Vijay Kumar and vice president Harish Shetty yesterday, that the buses will stay whereever they are, unless all the accused are not arrested before today morning.

After a group comprising of several persons from Muloor, comprising of Sarfuddin, Hussain, Mansoor, Shariff, Rajab etc., intercepted a bus and badly bat up its driver and conductor relating to a incident in the morning in which a few members from the group had enterd into a verbal altercation with the driver of the bus for not allowing them to overtake it. The gang reportedly snatched away the mobile phone and tore down the clothes worn by the driver, apart from taking with them the bus keys.


The local people had sided with the staff of the bus, and the gang retreated after local people joined together and started retaliating. Before fleeing, they broke the window panes of the white Santro car in which they had come. When people chased the gang who were fleeing in another car and an autorickshaw, they hid inside a house nearby. The policemen later arrested two persons named Shariff and Rajab.

The office bearers of the said association held four rounds of talks with the Karkala DySP Girish, Kaup circle inspector vinay Nayak and other officials. The bus traffic on the highway, which had come to a grinding halt after the incident, resumed after about two and half hours, relying on the assurance given by the police officials. Passengers faced lot of inconviences due to this inordinate delay.

A case has been registered at Padubidri police station in this connection. Policemen are learnt to have launched a manhunt for arresting other members of the attacking gang. In the meanwhile, office bearers of an organization mobbed Padubidri police station on the night of Sunday August 10, alleging that innocent people had been arrested in connection with the said incident.  In charge SP Nagaraj, who held talks with the mob, sent them back after assuring that the police will conduct investigations in a fair way and charge sheet only those who are found guilty.

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  • Ajith,

    Tue, Aug 12 2008

    Now this will result in religious fight . but actually it is not this is the time where political parties take their advantage. We public are the real fools giving opportunities to those people. I am i only for unity and humanity.

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  • R.Pai, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 12 2008

    I know that most of readers over here are from minority group. But, I didn't expect to see so much sympathy towards KFD even when they are engaged in anti-social activities. Can we keep our political affiliations aside and come together as Mangaloreans for once? Please? Let's do what's the best thing for society. Even this site needs to publish more balanced reports without taking any personal stand. That would be the signs of true journalism.

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  • PATRICK, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    The moment the driver sits and holds the steering wheel, he thinks that he is the only person driving on the road. The attitude of the drivers is to be changed and while renewing driving licence, a class of qualities like patience, caring for others,little give and take etc.should be given. Drivers are all same, always in a hurry, no respect for other vehicles or people.

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  • bil, dxb

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    with violence growing day by day should we think D.K has become the dangerous place to live on earth. where everyday we here and read new violence and just for small reason?

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  • Mark Saldhana, Managalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    daijiworld has simply published the actual facts.They haven't suported any persons,be it the bus crew or goonda car inmates. Thought the incident took place in the morning, the rowdy car imates blocked the bus in the afternoon.This shows these trouble mongers have ample time to create havoc on road.Rash driving by bus drivers is not new. Regading some readres here appreciating the rowdish behaviour of car inmates as moral policing, i would like to ask you, wether you would have appreciated the same behavoir ,if was done by Bjarang dal cadres?ask your conscience before you comment.

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  • Rolphy Almeida, Udupi/Bangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Peter is being penalized for Paul’s fault. Whose fault and who is suffering? Bus passengers paid their full fare to their destination, but made them to walk to reach their destination quietly. Is this what our law says? Who is answerable for passenger’s plight? Bus owners have no responsibility towards their passengers. First of all the traffic police must educate the drivers the driving (all drivers) discipline which is lacking. Secondly no one has the right to assault any other human being, whether he is a driver or a porter. Our law does not allow this and the culprits must be punished according to our law. We all forget the main reason for this incident, is our inadequate roads.

    Every two minutes an express bus from Udupi as well as Mangalore leaves the bus stand, in addition to other busses, trucks, busses from other states and private vehicles. For this kind of traffic we need at least six lanes with road dividers. Can anyone justify the quality of our roads? Only God can change our sleeping leader’s mind miraculously. The only answer is regular train services from Mangalore to Bhatkal. Lalooji can do it in profitable way.

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  • santhosh, Mangalore/Dubai

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Mr.Palemar have Idea to put govt busess this is the right time to put govt busess in our DK udupi route.

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  • Vishal D'Souza, Bangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Ban this anti social KFD soon. Each & every community starts groups like this to disrupt the existing peace. Ban this organisation soon.

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  • taj, udupi

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    govt should compulsory ksrtc bus as soon as possible to avoid these clashes between bus association and publics . This is not the first time these bus drivers act like devils they never cares others lives . We all publics should condemn these acts.

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  • RAJESH, UDUPI

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    We request to Cancel licence of all these privite Buses and restore KSRTC Bus. This is the only solution. Govt should plan to start Mentro Railway between Mangalore Udupi and Mangalore Kassargod and Mangalroe B.C. Road.

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  • n mohd, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Case should be registered against driver and conductor for damaging the car. I am sure they are not innocent.Everyone knows how express buses driving on highway with total disregard for people cars and bikes. We still remember express bus collusion with van which killed 17 people in muloor.at that time driver talking in mobile phone. No bus drivers protested for killing 17 people.

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  • shyamkumarshetty, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Ye ! You Bus Owners -today beating of one driver you made innocent public to suffer ! what action you have taken during the death of 17 innocent people by neglegence of Express bus driver at Muloor about a year ago ? On that day Muloor villagers kept calm - but what you have done for those died ?? Normally you are telling to drivers "Yaan Ulle Ata maraya ei overtake mult d dumb pola !! During one year how many accidednts took place in National Hight Way 17 only from your "YemaDootas". Shame on you .

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  • kishan prabhu, malpe/udupi

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Our twin city udupi and Manglore slowly turning into mafia city.Police should work for for people's..they know the cause for this incident..just arrest the that criminals who are the route cause for this incident and punish them under goonda act,

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  • Ajith, Mangalore, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    We are tired of these express bus service. Govt. should look at starting KSRTC bus service between Mangalore & Udupi.These private bus drivers really are uncivilized. Each and every driver of a small car must have experienced harassment of these bus drivers. I feel that the "treatment" given by the car occupants to the bus driver is justified.

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  • Steve- Attawar, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    Media should ignore these kind of strikes by bus drivers. You can see a car being attacked in the picture. They blame bus conductor have been attacked. After all this is a news far from the truth. These bus staffs, bus drivers & conductors want to have fight with another group. To mention it in brief it is rowdism in mangalore painting by political colour. Hence they are making reasons for that. After all most of the bus conductors & bus drivers in mangalore are belongs to one or another communal & political groups. I request daijiworld & other media not to publish these kind of news. If you don't publish it people will have peace of mind rather than getting afraid. Better ignore these third class protestors.

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  • Shah Nawaz.N-Abu Dhabi, GANGOLLI

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    THIS IS DUE TO OUR LAW AND ORDER.

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