Chennai: Passengers on a government bus to Thittakudi from Chennai were stranded near Perungalathur for over two hours after the conductor of the bus and a passenger, a secretariat staff exchanged blows inside the vehicle on Thursday night. Police sources said that the bus started from CMBT around 11 pm.
Mao Tse-tung (40), a secretariat staff was among the 30 passengers in the bus. When the bus reached Porur, three women had boarded the bus and asked Mao to vacate the seat so that they can sit together on the three-seater. "The man had replied in the negative saying that he sat there as it was a window seat and that it is not a ladies seat either," a police official said. The women had told conductor, Devendran (55) to arbitrate with the passenger and the conductor reportedly used harsh words against the passenger. A verbal duel ensued and it soon escalated into a brawl. The passenger lost one of his teeth in the brawl. The bus was halted at Perungalathur as the conductor and the passenger engaged in physical violence inside the bus.
Peerkankaranai police rushed to the scene and tried to pacify both of them. Later, both the conductor and passenger filed complaints against each other. Passengers had to wait until 2 am to get an alternate vehicle.
