Bengaluru bus driver issued challan for taking wrong U-turn. Viral photo

Bengaluru bus driver holding the challan issued for taking the wrong route. (Photo credit: twitter.com/@mahadevapuratrf).

A photo of a Bengaluru school bus driver issued a challan for taking an incorrect turn has gone viral after the picture showed him holding the challan in a strange way.

A handle named "FixBangalorePls" tweeted and shared a video in which the bus could be seen taking a wrong U-turn.

"Your school bus full of students is driving down wrong way under Garudacharpalya metro station from Brigade Metropolis. Bus number KA53AA6189 . @blrcitytraffic please impose severe fine, being school bus and endangering life of so many kids is not done," they wrote.

"This is today, despite the complain, the same bus. what action is taken?," the caption in the video read.

@ChrysalisHigh Your school bus full of students is driving down wrong way under Garudacharpalya metro station from Brigade Metropolis. Bus number KA53AA6189 . @blrcitytraffic please impose severe fine, being school bus and endangering life of so many kids is not done

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— FixBangalorePlz (@G1_G) July 18, 2023

@blrcitytraffic@mahadevapuratrf@WFRising@ChrysalisHigh This is today, despite the complain, the same bus. what action is taken? pic.twitter.com/p2EKj8NoRo

— FixBangalorePlz (@G1_G) July 19, 2023

The local police later tweeted that the bus driver was issued a challan, but the photo posted on Twitter left many surprised.

Fined Bus driver pic.twitter.com/7VSvJY8lQX

— MAHADEVAPURA TRAFFIC BTP (@mahadevapuratrf) July 19, 2023

The photo with the bus driver holding the challan and the police officer standing next to him shared on Twitter led to many asking if he had been given an award for what he had done.

"Great job, @blrcitytraffic. By looking at the driver’s expression, he be like, "I was expecting a bigger award", " one user wrote.

"Ha Ha. It's more like handing over the key at the time of first sale of a new model vehicle," another user wrote.

"Looks more like the driver accepting the reward," a third user wrote.

"Looks like Amitabh Bachchan giving a rewarding cheque to winner," a fourth user wrote.

Also read: Bus driver finishes lunch while waiting in Bengaluru traffic. Video has 2 million views