Maharashtra: Ticketless passenger held for hitting MSRTC bus conductor in Nagpur

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A ticketless passenger was held after he allegedly assaulted a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus conductor in Nagpur on Friday, a police official said, according to the PTI.

The suspect who was identified as Firoz Sheikh Noor Sheikh (32) hailing from Hingna in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, was arrested by the police, the Kondhali police station official said, the PTI reported on Friday.

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"He hit conductor Yogesh Namdeo Kale following an altercation in the bus, which was on its way from Nagpur to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The incident took place at 9:30am after Kale asked Sheikh for his ticket. He hit Kale on the head with his steel 'kada'," the official said, the news agency reported.

"Other passengers pinned down Sheikh and the driver brought the bus to the police station. Sheikh has been charged with obstructing a government servant from discharging duty, criminal intimidation and voluntarily causing harm," the official said, as per the PTI.

Man damages EVM at polling booth with iron object; detained

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 26-year-old man allegedly damaged an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) by hitting it with an iron object when he came to cast his vote for Lok Sabha elections 2024 at a polling booth at Rampuri in Maharashtra's Nanded district on Friday, a police official said, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, the police detained the man, who told them that he wanted a pro-farmer and pro-labourer government, he said.

"The man, Bhaiyyasaheb Edke, is a local resident and a registered voter of Rampuri booth. He came to the polling booth to cast his vote, but damaged an EVM with an iron object. He was immediately detained and the voting process continued soon afterwards as the broken machine was replaced with a new one," Nanded Superintendent of Police (SP) Shrikrushna Kokate told PTI.

Police have launched an investigation to know the motive behind his act of damaging the EVM, he said.

"The man says he wants a pro-farmer and pro-labourer government in place. We are trying to find out if he is linked to any political party. He is well-educated and has done courses in law and journalism. He was in Pune for 10 months before he returned to his village," the SP added, the news agency reported on Friday.

(with PTI inputs)