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Watch: Bengaluru Conductor Assaults Man Over 5 Rupees, loses job after video goes viral 

As the argument between the two escalated further, the passenger took out his phone & started recording a video of the entire ordeal.

New Delhi: An alarming incident of violence recently unfolded inside a moving Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus where a conductor assaulted a passenger over a change of 5 INR.

As per the reports, the incident took place on August 8 2024 in Bengaluru when a man, traveling on the 500 DC/7 route of BMTC bus got into an argument with the vehicle conductor who allegedly denied the former a former change of  5 Rupees.

As the argument between the two escalated further, the passenger took out his phone & started recording a video of the entire ordeal.

In the clip, he narrated how the Bus helper owes him a change of 5 rupees but is not giving him the same despite having a decent amount of cash in his pockets.

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Meanwhile, seeing the guy recording the video & speaking to the camera in Hindi, the conductor got further enraged & told him to speak in Kannada only. Additionally, he also yelled at the guy saying, “Show this footage to anyone you wish. I don’t really care.”

Accused Conductor Suspended 

Following the unpleasant incident, the victim’s passenger took to his X (previously Twitter) & shared all the deets of the same on social media with a series of tweets.

This sparked a massive outcry amongst the netizens who took to the comment section & demanded the authorities take strict action against the accused person. As a result, BMTC soon swung into action & eventually suspended the conductor for his misconduct.