Bengaluru shocker: College girl locked inside BMTC bus, cops also involved
Bengaluru, Feb 26: In a shocking incident, a college girl was locked up inside a BMTC bus on Wednesday night, by the crew members and few cops, at Yelahanka police station.
As per a report published in TOI, the reason behind her being kept as a captive was that one of her male friend (from North-East) had a clash with conductor, after which he fled.
So, the policemen along with bus crew locked up the girl inside bus and told her they won't release her till he returns back. The bus in which the strange incident happened has been identified as plying on route number 402B, with vehicle number- KA8022.
The girl, who is a design student of Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, was also threatened not to file any police complaint, once she is released from the bus.
The girl narrated her ordeal in a post on Facebook. Following her social media post, police arrested the accused conductor, 51-year-old Uma Shankar, on Thursday morning, under IPC sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement).
An inquiry has been ordered against those police officials who were involved in locking up her.
She has mentioned in her Facebook post, that when conductor was abusing her friend for standing near ladies seat, a clash broke out. Both of them pushed each other, when conductor fell on the bus floor.
Then, others started abusing her friend and that's when he ran outside from bus.
Here is the full text of her Facebook post:
"I
began
to
feel
a
sense
of
panic...
I
tried
to
kick
the
glass
open,
but
it
didn't
work,
then
I
tried
to
get
out
throughout
the
Emergency
Door,
but
that
was
jammed
shut.
I
screamed
for
what
was
45
minutes,
but
nobody
would
let
me
out,
instead
the
driver
reached
in
from
the
window
and
grabbed
the
key
and
fled.
After
almost
an
hour
they
opened
the
door...
I marched inside to file an FIR... They denied me my right to an FIR till more of my friends arrived and pleaded them to do so. We finally got to speak to the senior inspector there, NR Nagaraj, but he didn't let me narrate my incident, instead kept asking me about the brawl that took place with my friend.
Later
he
told
me
to
take
a
piece
of
paper
and
write
the
FIR
on
that!
After
I
did
so,
he
began
to
convince/
discourage
me...
by
telling
me
that
it's
a
long,
tedious
process
"maybe
5,
6...
10
years...
you'll
have
to
go
to
court
everyday
and
whenever
they
call
you..
why
do
you
want
to
go
through
all
that?"
Disgusted... I tore that piece of paper and told him that I will file my FIR later... and I will get justice."
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