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Bus drivers go on strike to protest assault on colleague

May 2, 2012
Mudipu, May 2: Condemning the assault on a bus driver by Pajeer Gram Panchayat President, at Mithakodi near Mudipu, the service bus drivers and conductors staged a protest by suspending the bus service on Tuesday.

The bus conductors and drivers staged a protest in front of Konaje police station. It was said that Pajeer Gram Panchayat President Nazeer Mohideen had assaulted the bus driver Charlie Pinto for not letting his vehicle to move.

Enraged over the incident, the service buses which ply to B C Road and Vittal via Mudipu suspended their service and thus put the passengers to hardship.

The bus employees who staged a protest in Mudipu Junction said “the Gram Panchayat president assaulting a bus driver is a condemnable act. The police should initiate action against him.” Zilla Panchayat Member Santhosh Kumar Boliar said “as an elected representative, the GP president should not have assaulted the bus driver. There is a need to fight against such injustice.”

The protestors alleged that “this is the third time a bus driver is being assaulted in the region in the last two months. We do not have security.”

All the passengers who were waiting for the buses to reach their destinations in B C Road and Vittal, were put to hardship. Some were seen hiring private vehicles to reach the destinations.

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