Private bus operators resort to lightning strike after RTO employee assaults driver

August 23, 2012

Udupi, August 23: Following an assault on the driver of a private bus, all the service bus operators of private sector in Udupi resorted to a lightning strike for over two hours on Thursday morning.

The incident happened when the driver of an RTO vehicle in an attempt to protest the rash and negligent driving assaulted a driver identified as Ashok.

In fact, Ashok had driven his bus on the wrong side at Kinnimulki junction, where the RTO driver was getting down from his vehicle.

He chased the bus and stopped the bus and also took the driver to task for driving on the wrong side. He even went on to the extent of slapping the driver. In a protest all the bus operators resorted to strike.

DySP Prabhudev Mane intervened and threatened the bus driver of booking him in the attempt to murder case. Finally he was successfull in resolving the issue amicably and bus services were reinstated.

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