Udupi: Speeding Bus Mows Down Three at Kaup, Evokes Public Ire
Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (BG)
Udupi, Oct 4: Three persons of a family were killed when a speeding bus hit them near Kaup Vidyaniketan School on NH 66 here on Thursday October 4 night.
The deceased have been identified as Rafeeq (45) of Hejamady, his wife Nuseeba (35) from Jokatte, Mangalore and Rafeeq's sister Nabeesa.
Rafeeq and Nuseeba's son Ghalib (14) and Nabeesa's son Fahad (2) miraculously survived the accident but were injured.
The five were standing on the side of the road waiting to cross. All of a sudden, a Durgamba bus came speeding, overtaking two more buses and crashed into them.
The family, which resided in Hejamady had come to visit their relatives in Kaup. It is said that Rafeeq had come down to India from Kuwait where he worked just a week ago.
The accident evoked public ire and scores of scores of people gathered at the spot to protest. They pelted stones and damaged two buses.
Lalaji R Mendon, M A Ghafoor and Deviprasad Shetty arrived at the spot to calm down the protestors.
Kaup circle inspector Shivanand Walekar, SI Archana, Shirva SI K R Nayak, Padubidri SI Mahadev Shetty and other police personnel rushed to the spot.
A case has been registered in Kaup police station.