Amravati police later escorted the bus again to Nandgaonpeth police station, and the driving force was rushed to a major well being centre (Representational picture/News18)
Trundling, bleeding and exhausted, he swerved previous the hijackers at Sawadi village, 100 km from Nagpur, and at last arrived at Teosa police station
A minibus driver’s bravery and a dramatic speed-off saved the lives of not less than 35 pilgrims being chased by dacoits on the Amravati-Nagpur freeway in Maharashtra. The pilgrims had been on their approach from Shegaon in Buldhana district to Nagpur on Sunday, when a car-borne gang tried to overhaul the minibus they had been travelling in.
The trigger-happy hijackers reportedly chased the automobile for round 30km on the freeway. Nonetheless, bus driver Khomdev Kawade held his nerve within the face of a volley of bullets and swerved previous the miscreants earlier than safely transporting the passengers to a close-by police station, in line with a report by Occasions of India.
As per the report, shortly after pilgrims left for Nagpur from Ambe Mata temple in Amravati, Kawade observed the bus was being by a automobile after they crossed Nandgaonpeth toll naka.
Initially, he tried to permit the automobile to overhaul, earlier than bullets started flying. The robbers fired 4 rounds on the windscreen.
Most bullets missed him by a whisker, barring one which lodged in his hand, the TOI report stated including that the injured bus driver maintained his calm and he didn’t lose management.
Trundling, bleeding, and exhausted, he swerved previous the hijackers at Sawadi village, 100km from Nagpur, and at last arrived at Teosa police station.
“The heroic driver ensured all pilgrims had been secure,” TOI report quoted a police officer as saying.
Amravati police later escorted the bus again to Nandgaonpeth police station, and the driving force was rushed to a major well being middle.
Police additionally scoured CCTV footage from a number of entry and exit factors of Nagpur to zero in on the dacoits. The video confirmed the getaway automobile transferring in the direction of the town, however then taking the Kamptee-Kanhan route from Gondkheri toll naka in the direction of Jabalpur freeway, police stated.
It added that the freeway gang had stolen a automobile with a UP registration quantity from Nashik a couple of days in the past and a theft FIR, too, was registered.
