Bhopal, March 4
In an unsettling and tragic incident, an innocent passenger was killed, and a few others were injured when unidentified miscreants suddenly began pelting stones at a moving bus in the Chorhata police station area of the Rewa town.
The incident happened on Monday evening. According to the police, the victim, a physiotherapist by profession, became a casualty of the relentless competition between private bus operators.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Urban), Anil Sonkar told over the phone that three unidentified bike riders appeared out of nowhere and pelted two stones with the intent to damage the windscreen of the bus, thereby causing financial loss to the bus operator.
He noted that such incidents often go unreported. The incident occurred shortly after the private bus, en route from Rewa to Indore, had barely covered a few kilometres at around 7 pm on Monday.
Three masked bikers appeared, and two of them pelted stones at the bus. One of these stones tragically struck Hiralal, an innocent passenger seated near the driver, directly in the head.
The impact caused severe bleeding, and despite being rushed to the hospital, he could not be saved.
The police launched an immediate hunt for the miscreants, with Sonkar asserting that they would be apprehended soon.