Book conductor for misbehaving with passengers: HHRC

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 28

The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) today awarded a compensation of Rs 20,000 to a person who was beaten up by roadways staff for recording the conductor’s misbehaviour with passengers during a bus travel, and directed the DGP, Haryana, to register an FIR in the matter.

“It is a case where an arrogant government official has exceeded his jurisdiction and did not act with humanity. He acted like a goon and thrashed an innocent passenger …,” said the commission.

Pawan Kumar, along with his brother, had boarded a bus on the night of September 6, 2019, from Gugga Mandi to Hisar. The conductor, Anil Kumar, took money from him, but didn’t give him the ticket. After Pawan’s persistence, he gave him the ticket.

An old passenger in the bus asked for the return of his balance from the conductor, but he entered into an argument with him. Pawan Kumar started recording the incident.

The driver stopped the bus and snatched his phone, deleted the video and banged his head on the bonnet of the bus. When passengers intervened and asked the conductor and driver to take the bus to police station they, instead, took it to a workshop in Hisar where, along with other employees of roadways, Pawan Kumar was thrashed.

He went to a police station but in vain. Surprisingly, he was booked on the complaint of the conductor. The Hisar SP told the HHRC that it was a false FIR against Pawan Kumar and it was cancelled on December 2, 2019.

The commission ordered that Rs 20,000 compensation could be recovered from the conductor.