A BEST bus driver and a conductor were arrested on Thursday morning at 8.00 am for allegedly abusing four women constables who had travelled without a ticket from Mahalaxmi temple to Naigaon, Dadar. He allegedly said that police officers like everything for free and demand freebies everywhere they go.

The incident occurred when woman constable Kajal Bansode, along with her colleague boarded the BEST bus number 63 from Mahalaxmi Temple to reach their headquarter in Naigaon, Dadar. When the bus crossed Haji Ali, conductor Rajendra Kanduskar (52) came to the two women constables asking for their ticket, but they refused to take the ticket citing that Indian Police act gives a police officer the privilege of travelling without a ticket. But Kanduskar refused to believe their counter argument and demanded their identity card for verification to which they obliged and also insisted him to note down their name and badge number for further verification.