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Private bus driver caught speaking over mobile on duty, made to regulate traffic
This is one punishment Muruganandam, a private bus driver, is not going to forget in a hurry — regulating traffic on a busy road for the ‘crime’ of speaking over the mobile phone while driving.
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Coimbatore
Traffic police personnel led by DSP Krishnamurthy caught the 28-year-old man in the act on Thursday, police said.
There were complaints of him using the mobile while driving the bus from Pollachi to Meenakshipuram, a busy 50-km stretch.
Some passengers recently lodged a complaint saying they had a harrowing time when Muruganandam spoke over the mobile while driving, police said. They also submitted ‘video footage’ of the purported act.
As a deterrent to other drivers, Muruganandam was asked to regulate the traffic near Gandhi Statue for about eight hours till Thursday evening, police added.
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