Daijiworld Media Network – Padubidri (EP)
Padubidri, April 4: In a bizarre incident, a bus driver kept blocking the highway while driving the vehicle and took rest in the bus stand after argument broke out over the timings of the bus.
The incident happened on Thursday, April 4, in the afternoon. There were arguments between timekeeper Sharath and Azeez, the driver of the private bus running between Udupi and Mangaluru regarding the timings.
Driver Azeez got annoyed as timekeeper Sharath waylaid the SMMS service bus when it reached Padubidri and parked the bus blocking the highway while taking rest in the bus stand.
A police complaint and a counter complaint have been filed with Padubidri police station in this connection.
Argument continued for nearly five minutes till Padubidri police intervened. The incident disrupted traffic on the one way road from Udupi to Mangaluru. Locals and other motorists who gathered at the spot, expressed anguish over bus driver's behaviour.