Bus driver run over after refusing Rs 10,000 extortion demand
PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 12 -- A bus driver was seriously injured after being allegedly run over by a jeep on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway for refusing to pay an extortion demand of Rs 10,000 to operate on the route. Police have registered an attempt to murder case against two Prayagraj residents.
According to the complaint, a Gandhi Transport bus travelling from Prayagraj to Ayodhya was stopped in Phaphamau on October 9, when the driver was allegedly threatened and asked to pay Rs.10,000 to continue operating on the route. On Saturday, two men in a jeep intercepted the bus near Bhangwa Chungi police outpost as it headed to Ayodhya with passengers. They allegedly dragged the driver out and confronted him for not paying the demanded amount before running him over with their jeep, leaving him seriously injured.
Salman, manager of Gandhi Transport, lodged an FIR against Arshad and Fazal, associated with Star Line Transport and residents of Prayagraj's Beli area. Police have registered an attempt-to-murder case based on his complaint. ]...
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