Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Jun 25: Miscreants pelted stones on four buses in Bantwal town and rural police station limits since last night. Five people have been injured in the incident. Some miscreants pelted stones at three buses in Puttur also.
The injured are identified as bus driver Pratap(28), Sheenappa (46), school children travelling in the bus Valin Maria(15), Sakshi(7) and Sushma(14).
The stones were hurled on Monday night and Tuesday morning at various times. The pillion rider on a bike had pelted stone on KSRTC bus on Monday night at about 8.45 pm at Bhandaribettu, B C Road when the bus was plying from Dharmasthala to Mangaluru. The glass in front of the driver’s seat was shattered. Similarly two miscreants who came from Melkar on bike pelted stones near Panemangalore in front of Mandovi Showroom at 8.45 am on Tuesday morning on a bus that was on its way from Mangaluru to Puttur. The front glass of the bus was shattered into pieces causing injuries to driver Pratap. A police case stands registered in this connection.
In yet another incident, two miscreants on a bike pelted stones on a bus moving at Balthila Kudrebettu on Tuesday morning at 8 am. Driver Sheenappa(46), passengers and school children Valin Maria(15), Sakshi(7) and Sushma(14) who were injured, have been admitted to nearby hospital. All the three cases are registered in Bantwal town police station. Sub-inspector Chandrashekhar is investigating the case.
In the fourth incident, stones were pelted on a KSRTC bus near Shamboor, Shediguri early morning on Tuesday. Driver Kochappa Hegde has said that the miscreants had come on bike here also. Circle inspector Nagaraj and SI Chandrashekhar are investigating the incident in the leadership of ASP Saidul Adavat. Mangaluru additional SP Vikram has been guiding them. No arrests are made yet.
From Puttur
Stones were also hurled on two Kerala state government buses which were plying from Puttur to Kasargod and one Karnataka state government bus in the morning. The stones were hurled on Kerala state government buses at Urimajalu and Maira near Kepu. Karnataka state government bus was stoned near Vittal KSRTC bus stand. Kerala state government stopped services after the incidents.