The Indore-Mhow-Pithampur minibus operators are always in limelight for overloading, misbehaving with women passengers, rash driving and risking the life of passengers and creating traffic jam by stopping whereever they like.
On Tuesday at busy Dreamland Square when the sub inspector of Mhow police station Chunni lal Parmar was on his duty and was busy in clearing traffic jam he urged the owner of mini bus owner MP09 FA 4395 not to stop the bus in mid-way and to move the bus the owner of the bus Sandeep told the driver to hit the inspector and kill him and later the driver of the bus came down out of the bus and stabbed the sub-inspector Chunnilal Parmar on his neck and cheeks by knife. A pool of blood flew out and the inspector fell unconscious.
The other traffic policemen who were on duty immediately called at the police control room and police force rushed to the dreamland square. The accused fled from the spot. later, the sub-inspector was hospitalised. The police registered the case under IPC section 323, 332, 353 294, 506/34. It is to be noted that more than 25,000 passengers daily to and fro between Mhow Indore and Pithampur in this 80 mini buses which are always overloaded.
Two years back Government to reduce the problems of the daily passengers have started eight city buses under Atal Indore city transport limited which were very large spacious CNG buses and have different sitting space for man and women but those buses have stopped plying for more than a year.
People of Mhow requested Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to look into the matter as why the buses have been stopped and to start the city buses facility to Mhow and Pithampur soon.