By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi’s privately operated Blueline buses, a majority of which stayed off the roads for a few days this week fearing disciplinary action after a series of fatal accidents, have resumed their “killer” run by injuring four people in two separate incidents, police said Sunday.
On Saturday night, three people in their mid-twenties were injured by a Blueline bus at Sindhu border near Narela in northwest Delhi while returning to their home in Sonepat, Haryana.
The victims, identified as Gulab, Ved Prakash and Dhanpat, were on a motorcycle when the bus plying on route number 131 between Narela and Old Delhi railway station collided with their vehicle.
They were later admitted to the nearby Harish Chandra Government Hospital, police said.
The driver of the bus was arrested on charges of rash and negligent driving, the police said.
In another incident Sunday, a 30-year-old man lost one of his legs by a speeding bus at Bhagya Vihar near Nangloi in west Delhi. Uday Sharma, a resident of the same area, had barely alighted from the bus as the driver picked up speed. Accordingly, his leg came under the rear wheel of the bus.
Sharma was rushed to the nearby Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, police said.
The driver and the conductor quickly fled the spot, police said, adding they were trying to nab the erring driver.
Meanwhile, in yet another case Saturday evening, a 29-year-old man was crushed to death by a state-run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus in Paschim Vihar in west Delhi, police said.
Sandeep Jain, a resident of Madipur in west Delhi, was returning home on his motorcycle when he had a head-on collision with the bus as he tried to avoid an auto-rickshaw.
He was a technician at Employees’ State Insurance Hospital in Paschim Vihar.
However, eyewitnesses said that the deceased was driving wrongly.
The police did not arrest the DTC bus driver but have registered a case of death due to rash and negligent driving. Further investigation is on.
On Friday, commuters in the city heaved a sigh of relief as hundreds of Blueline buses were back on the road. But anger persisted against the “killer buses” that have been involved in many fatalities and faced a government crackdown.