A youth attacked a city bus passing through Bogda Pul area with a stone creating panic among passengers, driver and conductor, no one was injured in the incident; youth stone pelted on July 19, police have started investigation.
The stone hit the front glass, no one was injured, the driver and conductor were in panic and before the attacker could be searched and caught he escaped the spot.
The incident was captured in the front CCTV camera of the bus. An FIR has been lodged in the police station in the matter.
In the state capital over 220 city buses ply daily. There have been cases of assault on the driver or cleaner and the latest is the case of stone pelting.
It was not clear that the accused was targeting the driver, bus or he was angry over some other thing.
The bus which was going from Gandhinagar to Mandideep was attacked at around 7.30 on July 17.
In this case, an FIR has been lodged in Aishbagh police station after 3 days.
According to the information, the city bus (TR4-B) MP-04 PA-3864 operated by Bhopal City Link Limited was going from Gandhinagar to Mandideep. As it passed through the Pull Bogda bridge area, suddenly a young man came running from a street and threw a stone in the front of the bus. By the time the driver stopped the bus, the youth fled.
The passengers sitting in the bus were shocked by the incident. There were more than 30 passengers sitting at that time.
Driver Vishal Pal has filed a report. There was no harm to the driver, cleaner and passengers in this incident, but an atmosphere of panic was created among the passengers. Such cases have happened before. Therefore a case has been registered in the police station.