Woman pushed off bus: Bus driver, his assistant arrested

A bus driver and his assistant were arrested early yesterday on charge of pushing a speech-impaired woman off a running bus in Rohitpur Bazar of Keraniganj on Monday.

The arrestees are: Md Sabuz (25), driver of N Mullick Paribahan, and his assistant Md Nahid (19).

They were arrested from South Keraniganj area around 2am, Maj Shahrier Ziaur Rahman, second-in-command of Rab-10, told The Daily Star. Rab will also hold a briefing in this regard.

The woman was pushed off the running bus around 9:30am on Monday after she supposedly failed to pay the bus fare.

A video of the incident posted on social media showed a woman in burkha getting pushed off an "N Mullick Paribahan" bus. She was seen groaning in pain, lying on the ground. Bystanders helped her get up.

When locals asked the woman why she was shoved off the bus, she wrote on tiles that she got into the bus from Konakhola. She also wrote she did not have the fare on her, and the same bus service didn't take fare from her previously.