Lucknow: UP Roadways Bus Conductor, Driver Bite Passenger's Ears And Fingers After Dispute Over Seat Arrangements

A dispute over seating arrangements on a UP Roadways bus in Lucknow got worse when the driver and conductor bit a passenger's ear and finger. The passenger, who was identified as Kuldeep Kumar of Sidhauli in Sitapur, lost a gold chain, a section of his ear, a portion of his left hand's little finger and Rs 19,600 during the incident on Thursday.

"I boarded the bus number (UP34-T9813) going to Biswan in Sitapur from the Kaiserbagh bus station Lucknow and sat on a seat. However, the conductor asked me to take another seat. When I asked the reason, he instructed me to get off the bus. This snowballed into a verbal spat. Later, the driver and their aides started beating me. One of them then bit my ears. The outer layer of the ear got severed. They also bit my little finger on my left hand and other body parts. My gold chain and Rs 19,600 that I was carrying with me was also looted," he alleged.

However, he was able to escape the scene and save his life.

Driver Sharan Mishra and conductor Mohammed Riyaz have been taken into custody, according to SHO, Wazirganj, Dinesh Mishra.

The UPSRTC has also acknowledged the occurrence and sent a notice to the two persons.

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In a separate incident, two pickpockets were caught stealing mobile phones on a DTC bus. As soon as passengers released what the men were doing, a brutal reaction erupted as they began to thrash the pickpockets. A video of the same was shared online and went viral.

The video was shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), by the handle ‘Arhant Shelby’. The video was reshared on the handle ‘Ghar ke kalesh’, with the caption, “Kalesh inside DTC bus over the guys who were getting beaten by the public was got Caught Stealing mobile phone.”