Mumbai: In a bizarre incident, two people pointed a revolver at a bus conductor Monday and then threw him off the bus when asked to buy a ticket. In the melee that followed, police shot dead one of the two miscreants and have arrested the other.

A spokesman for the government-owned BEST said that the duo boarded the route 332 double-decker Kurla-Andheri bus at Saki Naka stop around 10 a.m. and went on to the upper deck.

When conductor Mahendra M. Ghule asked them to buy a ticket, one of the duo, Rahul Raja whipped out a revolver while his accomplice caught Ghule, tied him with a rope and threw him out of the moving bus.

Meanwhile, the conductor on the lower deck signalled the bus to stop and summoned a policeman on duty nearby.

The entire area was cordoned off and a police team managed to shoot down Raja. His accomplice has been arrested, the spokesperson told IANS.

One commuter suffered minor injuries, while Ghule was treated and discharged from the hospital.

 

Source : ians