India, Nov. 4 -- A 24-year-old Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) conductor, who sustained critical injuries after allegedly being pushed out of a bus during an altercation over change, died at a hospital in Hyderabad late on Tuesday.

Police inspector Ch Yellaiah said a passenger, Mounika, allegedly pushed Gundla Pravalika from the moving bus on October 25, and the conductor came under its rear wheels. He added that Mounika boarded the bus with her son and said she was entitled to free travel under a government scheme. Pravalika insisted that Mounika's son needed a full ticket, citing his age.

Mounika agreed to buy a full ticket for Rs.10. She paid the conductor a Rs.100 note and demanded immediate return of Rs.90. "As ...