A private city bus here displaying the painting of Wing Commander Abhinandan on its body with a sentence ‘We salute Indian Army’ has gone viral. The bus, route number 14 D, operates between Mangaladevi and Kavoor.
Its owner, Dinesh Shetty, told The Hindu on Wednesday that the idea came to him when one of the three city buses he owns was getting re-painted. Mr. Shetty said another purpose of painting was to encourage more youngsters to join the Army.
Popular with students
The bus began operating after the repainting from Tuesday evening. Since then, many college students have been saluting the painting. “Many students did so at the Karnataka Polytechnic and Mangaladevi stops on Tuesday,” he said.