Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru Sep 19: A bus driver and conductor were arrested in connection to the death of 16–year-old Yashraj Sunday September 18.
The arrested has been identified as driver Karthik R Shetty (30), a resident of Kuppepadav and conductor Dhamsheer (30), a resident of Amblamogaru. They were arrested under the section IPC 279, 336, 304 and produced before the court.
Yashraj (16), the son of Tyagaraj and Mamatha resident of Ullal Mastikatte who fell off a city bus on September 7 was a first year PUC student of computer science at St Aloysius PU College. He was travelling in the bus from Ullal Masthikatte NH66 when he fell out of it at Adam Kudru and suffered critical head injuries. He was admitted to the ICU of Indiana hospital for treatment. However, his condition had not improved even after a week’s treatment and he was declared brain dead in the afternoon of Tuesday, September 13.
On September 14, Yashraj’s organs were donated to recipients.