India, Oct. 4 -- A DTC bus marshal was arrested for allegedly biting off the conductor's finger following a quarrel over the route of an electric bus.

The incident occurred on the evening of September 28 when conductor Jitender Kumar Puniya (34), a resident of Munirka, was on duty with a bus that runs between Sector 62 in Noida and Dhaula Kuan. Puniya has been working with DTC since 2019 on a contract basis, the official added.

The accused, identified as Marshal Mansingh, was arrested for biting off the finger of the conductor after a quarrel broke out between them.

"The bus driver and marshal wanted to take the electric bus via the Lajpat Nagar Ring Road flyover, while conductor Jitender insisted on taking the parallel road instead. Thi...