BENGALURU: Four youths were arrested after a mob vandalized a BMTC bus and assaulted its conductor and driver over a petty issue at Sulibele village, Hoskote taluk, on Saturday evening.
Police said the violence started after a spat between the bus crew and youths from the village earlier in the day. A senior citizen from Tamil Nadu had occupied a seat reserved for women on Hoskote-Devanahalli bus. A woman complained to conductor Basavaraju, 38, who forced the man to vacate the seat, police said.
Some youths followed bus and stopped it at Sulibele
The senior citizen and the conductor began trading words. A few youths in the bus objected to the conductor’s behavior. The senior citizen alleged the conductor pulled his beard. Sensing danger, driver Sharanaiah, 40, drove the bus to Sulibele police station, where the two sides reached a compromise. Soon after, a few youths in the village decided to take on the conductor and the driver. About 100 people waited for the bus on its return trip to Hoskote. Several bike-borne youths rode towards Devanahalli and gave the bus a chase.
The group stopped the bus at Sulibele around 5.30pm. They entered the vehicle and thrashed Basavaraju and Sharanaiah and damaged the bus. Police rescued the conductor and rushed him to a hospital for treatment.
“We’ve registered a case against the mob based on Basavaraju’s complaint and arrested four persons. We have deployed two platoons each of Karnataka State Reserve Police and District Armed Reserve in Sulibele,” VJ Sajeeth, additional superintendent of police (Bengaluru Rural), told TOI.
The arrested were identified as Shoaib, Khaleel Pasha, Mohammed Yasin and Sheikh Aseem, all in their 20s and from Sulibele. Police have booked them for rioting, attempt to murder and unlawful assembly.
Police said the violence started after a spat between the bus crew and youths from the village earlier in the day. A senior citizen from Tamil Nadu had occupied a seat reserved for women on Hoskote-Devanahalli bus. A woman complained to conductor Basavaraju, 38, who forced the man to vacate the seat, police said.
Some youths followed bus and stopped it at Sulibele
The senior citizen and the conductor began trading words. A few youths in the bus objected to the conductor’s behavior. The senior citizen alleged the conductor pulled his beard. Sensing danger, driver Sharanaiah, 40, drove the bus to Sulibele police station, where the two sides reached a compromise. Soon after, a few youths in the village decided to take on the conductor and the driver. About 100 people waited for the bus on its return trip to Hoskote. Several bike-borne youths rode towards Devanahalli and gave the bus a chase.
The group stopped the bus at Sulibele around 5.30pm. They entered the vehicle and thrashed Basavaraju and Sharanaiah and damaged the bus. Police rescued the conductor and rushed him to a hospital for treatment.
“We’ve registered a case against the mob based on Basavaraju’s complaint and arrested four persons. We have deployed two platoons each of Karnataka State Reserve Police and District Armed Reserve in Sulibele,” VJ Sajeeth, additional superintendent of police (Bengaluru Rural), told TOI.
The arrested were identified as Shoaib, Khaleel Pasha, Mohammed Yasin and Sheikh Aseem, all in their 20s and from Sulibele. Police have booked them for rioting, attempt to murder and unlawful assembly.
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