DUO BOOKED FOR WRONGFULLY RESTRAINING A PRIVATE BUS HAVE GONE MISSING

PANJIM: Goa private bus owners association president, Sudeep Tamankar and his associate Sudesh Kalangutkar, who have been booked for wrongfully restraining a private bus and intimidating, insulting the bus conductor, have gone missing, said the police.

"We have been searching for them, but they have gone missing. Even Tamankar's house in Chimbel is locked," said police sources.

Hussain Sheikh, the conductor of a private bus plying from the KTC bus stand to Chimbel, complained that on Saturday at about 2.10pm Tamankar and Kalangutkar came and stood in front of the bus while starting their trip from KTC bus stand, Panjim. They later restrained, verbally abused and threatened them.

Police had registered a complaint under Section 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against the accused.  According to the police, Tamankar, who had plans to ply a new bus from KTC bus stand, Panjim to Merces, was upset that the bus owners operating on Panjim-Chimbel route were opposed to his plans.