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Short of Rs 2; father, daughter thrown off bus
Published on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:41, Updated at Thu, May 15, 2008 in Nation section
Tags: Orissa, Passenger , Bhubaneswar
NO MERCY: An angry mob set the bus on fire and blocked the national highway for hours.
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Bhubaneswar: A shocking story from Orissa. A tribal labourer and his four-year-old daughter were thrown off a bus because they were Rs 2 short on their ticket fares. Both of them died on the spot.
It was a journey that ended cruelly by the wayside. Sanischar Tapto and his four-year-old daughter Sunita were on way from Orissa's Jharsuguda district to their home in Sundergarh.
But he had with him only Rs 8 instead of Rs 10 required for the bus tickets.
The conductor was angry and allegedly pushed both father and daughter out of the moving bus. They came under the wheels and were crushed to death.
Recalling the incident Sahadev Nayak a passenger of the bus said, “When the man said he has no more money, some fellow passengers also offered to pay two rupees on his behalf to the conductor. But the conductor did not listen and pushed them."
After the incident the conductor ran away and surrendered at the nearby local police station. An angry mob set the bus on fire and blocked the national highway for hours.
The state government quickly ordered a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the family of the victims.
The state government is now planning to make it mandatory for conductors of all private buses to be registered. This, it feels, would keep a tab on private bus conductors.
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The conductor should be subjected to life imprisonment or death sentence to set an example..1 lakh Rs cannot compensate for
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Those who take the law into their hands for silly matters resulting in loss of life and property are to
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Disgusting Act. The conductor should be punished severely.
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Really disturbing how little we care for others lives. Even becomeing indifferent to curelty toward small childern. Feel scared of
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It is very disheartening to see that even after 60 years of freedom ,India is moving backwards in terms of
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