PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 2 -- Chaos erupted on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway on Sunday afternoon when a Roadways bus driver was allegedly assaulted by private bus operators over picking up passengers, triggering a traffic jam that stranded commuters and PET aspirants for hours. According to police, the Roadways bus from the Pratapgarh depot was traveling from Prayagraj to Gorakhpur and it stopped near Bhagwa Chungi to drop passengers. As several people waiting near a private bus attempted to board the state-run bus, an argument broke out between the Roadways crew and individuals associated with the private bus. The dispute soon turned violent, with the Roadways driver allegedly being assaulted. In protest, the driver parked the bus diagonally across the highway, bringing vehicular movement to a halt and causing a massive traffic snarl. Police and traffic personnel rushed to the spot and persuaded the driver to remove the bus. Two accused, identified as Mohammad Saeed of Ajit Nagar Ward and Ramashankar alias Kallu of the Old Excise Office area near Sadar crossing, were taken into custody. The driver later lodged a formal complaint with the police. The congestion spread from the highway to district court, severely affecting traffic movement across the city. Several candidates appearing for the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) and other commuters remained stuck in the traffic jam for a long time. Even the vehicle of the city Kotwali got caught in the jam while traveling from Chowk towards Kotwali police station. Traffic disruptions continued on the Chowk-district court route for several hours. A 17-year-old girl died after accidentally falling into an open well while trying to drive away her goat in Payagipur village under the Lalganj Kotwali area in Pratapgarh on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, Shobha, had taken her goat to graze in fields near the village when the incident occurred. Police said the goat strayed towards an unfenced well located amid the fields and began feeding on leaves growing along its edge. As Shobha attempted to chase the animal away, she reportedly lost her balance and fell into the well. Villagers who witnessed the incident from a distance raised an alarm, prompting local residents to rush to the spot. After nearly an hour-long effort, they managed to pull her out of the well. However, she had already drowned by then. After being informed, police reached the spot, took custody of the body and sent it for a post-mortem examination....