Mangaluru: A complaint has been filed with the Bellare Police Station by a KSRTC bus conductor alleging assault by a bus passenger.
Purushotham, a passenger from Ivarnadu, had given Rs. 100 for a Rs. 10 ticket to Bellare from Ivarnadu. As the conductor, Vasantha K. R., was short on change, he told the passenger that the balance money will be returned later.
When the bus arrived at Bellare, a passenger asked for Rs. 90, and the conductor alighted to get change.
Purushotham, however, reportedly missed a bus heading for Puttur as a result of the delay and got into a verbal spat with the conductor over it. Purushotham assaulted the conductor as the fight escalated.