The Delhi government on Thursday suspended a bus driver for allegedly not stopping for women at a bus stop after a purported video of the incident surfaced online.
In the video, three women can be seen trying to board a bus when it stops at a bus stop for a passenger to de-board. However, the driver immediately drives off without waiting for the women. The bus driver was identified and has been suspended, a government official said. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said some drivers do not stop for women passengers, adding that strict action would be taken against them. “There are complaints that drivers do not stop buses after seeing women since they have the facility of free wwwtravel. This won’t be tolerated at all,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.
“I appeal to all male and female bus drivers to stop the bus at the designated stop,” he said. Quoting-tweeting the chief minister’s tweet, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot appealed to people to make videos of such incidents and share them with the government.
