7 held for attacking APSRTC bus driver for honking horn in AP
Nellore (AP) (PTI): Seven people were arrested for attacking an APSRTC bus driver near Kavali in Nellore district for honking at them, police said on Sunday.
More than seven people attacked B Ram Singh (52) in the road rage incident.
On October 26, when the bus reached Kavali fish market, Singh honked at the car infront of him. Enraged over it, the occupants attacked
Singh, Nellore Superintendent of Police (SP) K Tirumaleshwar Reddy told reporters.
Though the issue was settled there, seven people pursued the bus in two cars and intercepted Singh near National Highway Number 16 (NH-16) on Maddhupadu service road and attacked him indiscriminately.
Singh was dragged out of the driver's seat and beaten up by the accused. They also did not spare assistant driver T. Srinivasa Rao, he said.
Following this incident, police formed special teams and identified the accused from the video of the attack which went viral and nabbed them. A hunt is on for others who are on the run.
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Body of UP girl who fell in Meghalaya waterfall recovered
Shillong (PTI): The body of a 15-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh who fell into a waterfall in Meghalaya's Sohra area while trying to take snaps a day ago was recovered on Thursday morning, officials said.
The girl had gone missing on Wednesday after she reportedly slipped while trying to take photographs and fell into one of the deep natural pools at the Wei Sawdong Falls, they said.
Search operations were conducted through Wednesday but were called off after sunset.
Around 7.30 am on Thursday, locals spotted the body stuck between rocks near the waterfall, officials said. Following this, a joint team of Fire and Emergency Services and the Sohra Police recovered the body around 10 am.
"Local village volunteers resumed the search early this morning and spotted the body, following which we recovered the body," a senior official told PTI.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.
