Mangaluru: Traffic movement was disrupted near Bunts Hostel circle for a while, after a quarrel erupted between a private bus conductor and a woman who was driving a car on Friday, November 30 evening.
The clash between the woman and conductor of the private bus (Route No 6) plying between State Bank and Shakthinagar with regard to overtaking. Later, she waylaid the private bus near Bunts Hostel circle and took the conductor to task. When they started exchanging heated words, traffic police on duty near the circle rushed to the spot.
Meanwhile, some locals in the area started arguing in favour of the woman while some others backed the bus conductor. As both the woman and the bus conductor belong to two different communities, the alert police managed to disperse the mob to prevent a possible escalation of the matter and asked the duo to go to Kadri police station.
A case is yet to be registered in this regard.
