A low-floor bus was vandalised by a mob after two persons including a woman sustained serious injuries when they were hit by the bus at Jawahar Chowk under TT Nagar police station area on Monday. According to the police, on Monday, two persons were hit by a low floor bus near Katju hospital. The locals reached to their rescue and the victims were rushed to Fracture hospital.
During the investigation, it was found that the two were Rajesh Pandey and his mother Urmila Pandey, who were on their way to Katju hospital for Urmila’s treatment. Rajesh accompanied his mother to Katju hospital and while they were crossing the road a low floor bus hit the mother-son duo. The passengers and locals beat the driver of the low floor bus and vandalised the low floor bus. Protesting the accident, mob went violent and vandalised the bus. Urmila has sustained multiple fractures, but Rajesh escaped with minor injuries reportedly.
The victims are residents of Neelbad area and met the accident while on their way to hospital. After the incident, police have registered case against the errant driver. The police have registered a case under section 279 and 337 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Police said that it would be investigated that the driver hit the victims accidentally or the vehicle faced technical problem.
It would also be investigated that the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol or he was driving carelessly.