Driver drives bus with man clinging from front on Hosur-Bagalur road, suspended

BENGALURU: A Tamil Nadu government bus driver has been suspended for driving the vehicle with a man clinging on to the front of the bus for quite a distance on the Hosur-Bagalur route.

There was a verbal altercation between a passenger and the driver and the passenger climbed on to the front of the bus and stood there. Ignoring this, the driver drove the bus. A video of the incident has since gone viral on social media.

From Argument to High-Risk Stunt: Passenger Clings to Moving Bus

A TNSTC bus driver was suspended after a passenger allegedly clung to the bus’s front windshield for about 500 metres following an argument in Hosur.
The incident occurred Thursday on a Hosur–Pannapalli bus after… pic.twitter.com/z1eZBIl6jr

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Citizens have expressed outrage over the driver’s behavior for putting a passenger’s life at risk. Following the viral video, the Transport department of Tamil Nadu suspended the bus driver Ramesh.