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Tension as bus hits pourakarmika

By Our Staff Correspondent

HUBLI, MARCH 22. There was tension for a while on Lamington Road here on Tuesday after some people enraged by an accident in which a pourakarmika was injured, staged a protest.

The pourakarmika, Shanthavva Mariayppa Kori (45), was injured when a city transport bus hit her while she was crossing the road. She was rushed to the hospital.

The news of the accident enraged some people, and they immediately staged a rasta roko bringing vehicular traffic on Lamington Road to a standstill. They demanded that the pourakarmika should be given compensation by the transport company. The police intervened and persuaded the agitators to call off the agitation. A case has been registered.

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