Woman passenger ‘abuses, assaults’ TSRTC bus conductors in Hyderabad

TSRTC seeks action

The TSRTC management strongly condemned the incident and said that they filed a complaint with the LB Nagar Police Station on Wednesday in this regard. Based on the complaint, a case has been registered and it is being investigated, the police said.

According to the complaint, the passenger “assaulted and scolded” the on-duty conductor when she was asked to furnish original identity proof such as the Aadhaar card to obtain a “Zero Value Ticket”, as only residents of Telangana are eligible for unpaid rides under the state’s free travel scheme for women.

When the woman was told she would have to purchase a ticket if she could not show proof of residence, the woman offered a ₹500 currency note for the ticket, following which the assault is seen taking place in the video and the woman is heard saying that the conductor asked her to deboard the bus for failing to provide change.

#Telangana: A woman, in an allegedly inebriated state, boarded an RTC bus initiating its journey at 5:30 am on January 31 from Hayathnagar depot.

Seeking change for a Rs 500 note, the woman, frustrated by the unavailability of change, proceeded to verbally abuse the conductor.… pic.twitter.com/vWak8pZG9k

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