Overview
- The 27-year-old driver, Vikas, was dragged from his bus and fatally beaten late Saturday near Shiv Chowk in Rohini after a passage dispute with an Alto driver.
- A passerby, Suraj, who intervened, was injured, and the bus conductor Umesh filed the complaint that led to an FIR under culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
- Police arrested Rahul, described by officials as a private sanitation worker, and are analyzing CCTV footage while questioning him about the others.
- DTC staff blocked Urban Extension Road-II and drivers at the Rohini depot struck work, while the victim’s family staged a highway protest demanding arrests and compensation.
- Relatives said Vikas, from Haryana’s Jhajjar district, was the sole breadwinner, and unions sought ₹1 crore for his family and stronger protections for drivers.