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Police on Saturday arrested a bus driver and his helper in Chattogram for allegedly pushing off a passenger from a moving bus following an altercation over bus fare.
The arrestees are driver Md. Ashraf and his helper Md. Hanif.
Passenger Abdul Hamid suffered injuries on Friday night when he was pushed off a bus at Ispahani intersection in the city, said Kotwali Police Station officer-in-charge Mohammad Nezam Uddin.
Hamid said, “I he was going to Lalkhan Bazar from Gate-2 area of the city. As the helper asked me for fare I gave Tk 5 but he demanded Tk 8. After verbally assaulting me he pushed me off the bus.”
Hamid filed a case at Kotwali Police Station on charge of attempting murder.
Police seized the bus after arresting the two.