Hunsur: The fifth day of the indefinite strike launched by KSRTC staff seeking fulfilment of their various demands, turned violent at Hunsur on Sunday with stones pelt at 6 KSRTC buses, causing minor injuries to a passenger.All the six buses got damaged in the incidents that occurred at different places in Hunsur taluk.

The Police have taken Hunsur Depot mechanics Krishnamurthy and Santosh Bhajantri into custody.

Stones were pelted at two buses near Bannikuppe, a Volvo bus near Kallabetta, two buses near Gavadagere and one bus near Ramenahalli,in Hunsur taluk.

A passenger sustained minor injuries when a bus(KA-09/F 5250) travelling from Mangaluru to Mysuru was pelted with stones near Bannikuppe. At the same time, a bus proceeding  from Hunsur to Mysuru too was pelted with stones. 

Following the incident, Hunsur-Mysuru bus driver Ramappa Kunthur lodged a complaint with Bilikere Police, who after an investigation, arrested Krishnamurthy and Santosh Bhajantri, who are working as Mechanics at Hunsur Depot.

The other buses that suffered damages in the stone pelting incidents are: K.R. Nagar to Mysuru, K.R. Nagar to Hunsur, Periyapatna to Mysuru and Mangaluru to Mysuru (Volvo).

Reacting to the stone pelting incidents, Hunsur Depot Manager Vipin Krishna said that some striking KSRTC staff are returning to work in a trickle since the past couple   of days. 

But some other staff, believing that they have been sacked from the job, resorted to pelting of stones at buses ferrying passengers, he said and added that, fortunately, barring a lone passenger who sustained minor injuries, none of the other passengers were hurt.