MUMBAI: An elderly couple traveling by an MSRTC bus from Boisar to Wada were pushed, dragged and assaulted by a lady conductor and driver, after being told to slow down on the potholed Manor-Wada road during their hour-long journey on Friday.
Conductor Sheetal Pawar and driver Gorakhnath Nagargoja have been suspended after a video of the incident went viral. The Wada police registered two cases — one by the couple and the other by Pawar, who alleged being slapped by the 60-year-old woman, said inspector Sudhir Sankhe.
The woman and her 67-year-old husband were returning to Hamrapur village in Wada when the incident occurred.
The viral video showed The MSRTC staffers dragging the couple and hurling verbal abuses at them, they said in their police complaint.
Even as a crowd gathered and came to the couple’s rescue, the driver and conductor continued to assault them. The couple later registered a case under IPC section 324 (causing hurt) against the two.
“ST corporation has taken immediate cognizance and suspended the driver and conductor,” Shekhar Channe, vice chairperson and MD, MSRTC, said.
