One of the passengers sustained serious injury after passengers of city bus on route number TR4B spotted a pick-pocket and tried to stop near Pul Bogda area on Monday.
The crime was captured in the CCTV and police have taken cognizance and started an investigation. The details of passengers and accused is yet to be revealed. After the attack, the accused escaped the spot while the passengers alighted off at their destinations and injured went to the hospital.
According to the information in the evening of January 9 in a city bus bearing registration number MP04PA3708 running on Route No. TR4B near Bogda bridge some passengers noticed a pocket inside the bus, which was doing pick-pocketing and after spotting the passengers protested.
On protesting, the miscreant attacked the passengers and one of the passengers got injured in his hand with a sharp edged weapon who was taken to the hospital. On the other hand the miscreant escaped the spot.
The pocket gang has again become active in the city buses plying on the roads of the capital Bhopal. This gang is not only pickpocketing, but has also started attacking passengers.
A complaint has been made to the police in the matter. The picture of the incident has been captured in the cameras installed in the bus.
For the last few months, many incidents of theft in city buses have come to the fore. The 'Parda gang' was active in September-October last year. After this the pickpockets became active. Although, the incidents had stopped when the police checked during Diwali, but now the incidents have started increasing again.