SETC bus staff, passengers vandalise Paranur toll plaza
Argument Over Paying Of Toll Fee Led To Melee
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.01.2020
Enraged passengers along with the driver and conductor of an SETC bus vandalised a toll plaza at Paranur near Chengalpet on Sunday. The flashpoint was an argument between the bus conductor and a toll plaza worker around 1pm.
A few toll booth and gadgets were damaged, resulting in a halt in toll collection for the entire afternoon. Traffic resumed on the stretch after two hours after the intervention of police personnel.
Chengalpet superintendent of police D Kannan said, “We have detained two people each from both sides and will book a case.” The available CCTV camera footage shows that it was an impulsive reaction by the public and not a premeditated one. Police will analyse the camera footage further to help nab suspects involved in the rampage, said the officer. “It was a riot-like situation with passengers and motorists on one side and toll plaza staff on the other,” a witness said.
The SETC bus from Koyambedu was headed towards Trichy. Around 1pm, it reached the Paranur toll plaza, where the toll plaza staff demanded the bus crew to pay toll charges, though government buses are usually not required to pay toll. Pasumpon, the bus conductor, and the driver approached a toll booth staff, Muthu, and sought to know why were they being asked to pay toll.
As the SETC staff and Muthu entered into an argument, another toll booth staff attacked the driver and conductor, sources said. Soon, passengers of the bus got down and came in support of the bus crew, police said.
Angered over the attack on them, the SETC crew used their bus to block the traffic lanes. Passengers of the bus and other motorists joined them in damaging the window panels of the toll counters, CCTV cameras and several gadgets used to collect toll. Other bus drivers and conductors joined in support of their colleagues and vandalised the toll booths.
IN TATTERS: The damaged interiors of the toll booth at Paranur
Argument Over Paying Of Toll Fee Led To Melee
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.01.2020
Enraged passengers along with the driver and conductor of an SETC bus vandalised a toll plaza at Paranur near Chengalpet on Sunday. The flashpoint was an argument between the bus conductor and a toll plaza worker around 1pm.
A few toll booth and gadgets were damaged, resulting in a halt in toll collection for the entire afternoon. Traffic resumed on the stretch after two hours after the intervention of police personnel.
Chengalpet superintendent of police D Kannan said, “We have detained two people each from both sides and will book a case.” The available CCTV camera footage shows that it was an impulsive reaction by the public and not a premeditated one. Police will analyse the camera footage further to help nab suspects involved in the rampage, said the officer. “It was a riot-like situation with passengers and motorists on one side and toll plaza staff on the other,” a witness said.
The SETC bus from Koyambedu was headed towards Trichy. Around 1pm, it reached the Paranur toll plaza, where the toll plaza staff demanded the bus crew to pay toll charges, though government buses are usually not required to pay toll. Pasumpon, the bus conductor, and the driver approached a toll booth staff, Muthu, and sought to know why were they being asked to pay toll.
As the SETC staff and Muthu entered into an argument, another toll booth staff attacked the driver and conductor, sources said. Soon, passengers of the bus got down and came in support of the bus crew, police said.
Angered over the attack on them, the SETC crew used their bus to block the traffic lanes. Passengers of the bus and other motorists joined them in damaging the window panels of the toll counters, CCTV cameras and several gadgets used to collect toll. Other bus drivers and conductors joined in support of their colleagues and vandalised the toll booths.
IN TATTERS: The damaged interiors of the toll booth at Paranur
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