Bus driver suspended in Tirupattur for talking over phone while driving

A 38-year-old operator of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) autobus was suspended successful Tirupattur for talking implicit a mobile telephone portion driving the vehicle.

TNSTC officials said that the operator was identified arsenic K. Shanmugam, a autochthonal of Krishnagiri. Initial enquiry revealed that the authorities autobus was proceeding towards Tirupattur municipality from Ettipatti colony successful Krishnagiri territory erstwhile commuters recovered the autobus operator speaking implicit the phone.

A fewer commuters changeable a video of the incidental and shared it connected societal media and invited a nationalist outcry. Based connected an inquiry, a suspension bid was issued by TNSTC to the driver. A strict informing was besides issued to autobus unit against specified practices. A probe is nether way.