NAGPUR: An autorickshaw driver thrashed an Aapli Bus conductor on Wednesday morning.
It is the second such incident in the recent past. Recently one Vinod Ambadekar — who works as a traffic controller with Travel Time (one of the red bus operators) — suffered eye damage after he was attacked by a group of autorickshaw drivers near Maharajbagh depot.
At around 9.22am on Wednesday, an Aapli bus coming from Khaparkheda power station reached Mahadula bus stop on Koradi-Nagpur Road, where around three passengers alighted and as many boarded the bus.
“Conductor Shivdas Kawle (36) was busy issuing tickets to passengers. Before he could understand anything, a young man boarded the bus and allegedly slapped Kawle, while two of his accomplices abused the driver,” police said.
The youth also snatched the ticket fare collected by Kawle, which he returned later.
The trio were autorickshaw drivers and were very angry over Aapli Bus ferrying passengers. Over this, they attacked Kawle and abused the bus driver.
Later, Kawle dialled the police control room and filed a complaint with Koradi police station. Cops have registered a case and are probing further.
