Haryana Roadways driver held for assaulting passenger in Ambala

Driver attacks passenger with rod after he threw a brick at the bus while alighting at local Agrasen Chowk

A private bank employee working at Zirakpur was hospitalised after he suffered a fracture in the leg when a Haryana Roadways bus driver hit him with a rod in a fit of rage after an argument over not stopping at a crossing in Ambala City on Tuesday night.

The bus parked at Agrasen Chowk in Ambala City after its driver and a passenger clashed on Tuesday night. (HT Photo)

The bank employee had thrown a brick at the bus after the argument with the driver, who did not stop at the designated crossing, triggering the violence.

ASI Rajender, police post in-charge, Sector 7, said that the bus driver, Chand Mohan, was from the Hisar depot and was arrested after Chetan Oberoi, a portfolio manager with the bank and resident of sector 9, complained about the incident.

Mohan, a driver under the kilometre scheme bus services of the state government, was presented before a court and sent to central jail. The bus has also been impounded by police and a case was registered at Sector 9 police station.

Oberoi told police that he had boarded the bus coming from Chandigarh at Zirakpur and asked the conductor to wake him up in time to alight at Polytechnic Chowk in Ambala.

“When I woke up at 11pm, I found that the bus had crossed the chowk and I rushed towards the driver, requesting him to stop but he refused. Finally, when I was getting off at Agrasen Chowk, we had an argument. When I was waiting for an autorickshaw, he suddenly came from behind and hit me on the right leg with the rod repeatedly till other passengers came to my rescue,” he said.

Sources said that Chetan was drunk and threw the brick at the bus after getting off, angering the driver.

It has been learnt that nearly a dozen of passengers had to wait for at least four hours till a Sirsa depot bus ferried them to their destinations.