No robbery inside bus near KMP Expressway, just a fight: Police

On one hand was the conductor of a private bus operator and his few associates who reached the spot in a car to intercept the bus which was having around 20 passengers inside at that time, the police said

Gurugram: Police on Sunday refuted the claims that “passengers and staff on a Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation bus were assaulted and robbed of ₹27,000 on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway (KMP) in the early hours of Friday”, and said “a scuffle had broken out between staff of the bus and a private bus operator over ferrying passengers”.

The roadways driver Dan Singh had got an FIR registered against six suspects for looting money from them and trying to rob passengers after assaulting them on September 2, said police. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The incident took place at 4.45am on Friday, when the bus plying between Katra in Jammu and Kashmir and Alwar in Rajasthan, reached the expressway.

Inspector Ajay Malik, station house officer of Bilaspur police station, said, “We found out during investigation that only a scuffle had taken place between both the parties over ferrying passengers, and there was no robbery bid.”

The bus driver, Dan Singh, had got an FIR registered against six suspects for looting money from them and trying to rob passengers after assaulting them on September 2, said police. Next day, the injured private conductor also got an FIR registered against the Rajasthan roadways driver and conductor and other identified suspects for assault and wrongful restraint.