Four days after a teenage girl died following molestation and then was pushed off a moving bus in Moga, a CCTV footage has shown the vehicle being driven recklessly on a highway, just minutes before the incident. The CCTV video, surfaced on Sunday, showed the bus speeding on the four-lane Moga-Kotkapura highway before dangerously swerving to the right. It showed that the bus narrowly avoided a collision with a tractor which was coming from the opposite direction.
The bus then halts on the opposite lane and picks up the cleaner Amar Ram who alongwith three others — including the conductor — who later allegedly abused the 13-year-old girl and her mother before throwing them off the bus. This bus, belonging to Orbit Aviation, which is co-owned by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s family, had tinted windows and curtains, in blatant violation of rules.
In this shocking incident, the mother of the girl was seriously injured and is in hospital while the girl died after they were pushed off the bus. The injured mother, 38, had said that no one helped them as they were thrown off the running bus. She was picked up from road in a sorry state and taken to Civil Hospital, Baghapurana, for treatment but the girl died after she was thrown off the bus.
The woman, her daughter and son were going to a gurdwara when the incident happened on Wednesday. The son was dropped off the bus later. The bus conductor did not help and instead of protecting them also joined the men, alleged the woman. Meanwhile, owing to the protests and increasing political pressure, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal took a decision to keep all buses belonging to Orbit Aviation off the roads. Sukhbir has also directed the company to send all the staff for an orientation course and only after the completion of the course, will the company be allowed to run their buses.