Mangaluru: The Mangaluru South police have arrested two bus drivers and two conductors in connection with an incident of moral policing reported on Friday.

The accused are bus drivers Prakash and Ranjith and conductors Raghavendra and Pavan. The statements of the victims have also been recorded.

Video went viral

A video of two students, a boy and a girl, allegedly belonging to different faiths and sitting in a bus, had gone viral. In the video, a group was seen questioning the boy and girl studying in a private college in Mangaluru, and assualting the boy with their hands, and accusing them of misbehaving in the bus.

As soon as the police got to know about the incident, they launched a manhunt for the accused. It is learnt that the students boarded a private bus in Mangaluru, and were to travel towards Udupi. While the girl is from Udupi, the boy is from Shivamogga.

Police said that the accused initially questioned the victims about their religion. The victims told the police that the accused had levelled unnecessary allegations against them.
No one will misbheave in a bus in which a driver is seated and there are other commuters too, they said.
A case has been regisered a the Mangaluru South police station under various IPC sections.