Man Attacks Passengers With Machete On Bus In Odisha’s Puri District News24 –

In a shocking incident, a man entered a state-run bus and started attacking passengers with a machete in Odisha’s Puri district. The Ama bus, a public transport vehicle, was carrying passengers while heading from Haraspada in the Kanasa block of Puri district to Satyabari Sukal.

According to a report published by NDTV, CCTV footage shows the man entering the bus with a machete and attacking people. In one clip, he is seen talking to a passenger and then attacking him on the head. He was said to be in an inebriated condition. In other video clips, he is seen roaming inside the bus and warning passengers to deboard.

The passengers left the bus, and a few of them assaulted him, during which he sustained injuries.

Pratik Singh, SP Puri, said that both the injured and the accused were admitted to the Kanas Community Health Centre and later shifted to the Puri District Government Hospital.

The police have registered a case against the accused and launched a probe into the matter.

Three killed, four injured after bus runs over devotees on padayatra in Karnataka

In a separate incident, Three people were killed and four others injured after a private sleeper coach bus ran over a group of devotees participating in a padayatra near Kookanapalli village in Koppal district, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred on National Highway 50 when the devotees were walking towards the Huligemma temple in Huligi village of Koppal taluk. The deceased have been identified as Annapurna (40), Prakash (25), and Sharanappa (19), all residents of Tarihala village in Rona taluk of Gadag district.

According to police, the devotees had started their padayatra to the Huligemma temple two days ago. They were only a few hours away from reaching the shrine when the tragedy struck.