BENGALURU: In a shocking incident a design school student was allegedly locked inside a municipal corporation bus by the crew along with a few policemen and a mob. The crew allegedly told the woman that they would only release her if her friend, who had fled after a clash with the conductor, returned. Yelahanka police inspector NR Nagaraj also allegedly told the girl not to file a police complaint when she approached the station later.
The woman was returning home from college, sitting in the ladies section with her male friend standing next to her on the bus. The conductor raised objection to the boy standing there. In a Facebook status, the student described her ordeal saying, “I was detained alone in a local bus by the conductor, driver and a few police inspectors just outside the NES, Yelahanka police station. I was coming home from college, like I usually do, when the conductor started to pick a fight with my north-eastern friend and began to abuse him for standing by my side in the middle section.” She said, “The conductor began to poke and push my friend who pushed back and made the conductor fall on the floor. That's when a mob of people started forming around my friend... and so he began to get worried and ran away.”
She elaborated on the incident and was finally released after she called some other friends. DCP PS Harsha said, “Conductor Uma Shankar was arrested and a case registered against him. Police asked her to file an FIR but she chose not to pursue the complaint.”
