Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Feb 18: In connection with a video in which the conductor of a KSRTC bus going to Bengaluru from here was shown behaving indecently with a woman passenger and sexually harassing her, has become viral in social websites. The conductor has since been suspended from service. He has been a arrested and booked under section 354 A of Indian Penal Code relating to sexual harassment.
The woman passenger had boarded the bus at Hassan. The conductor, identified as Isubu Ali, occupied a seat next to the woman passenger and started doing vulgar moves. The woman captured his behaviour in her mobile camera, which was later uploaded in social websites. The lady later slapped the conductor and walked away.
Relating to the incident, a complaint was filed in a police station at Bengaluru. KSRTC managing director, who noticed the video, suspended him from service with immediate effect ordered for an internal inquiry into the incident, said KSRTC divisional controller here.
The accused was working in Dharmasthala depot in the past. It is said that there too he was beaten up by the members of an organization for harassing women.