Coimbatore: Police arrested two men on Tuesday for throwing stone at a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited (TNSTC) town bus on NSR Road at Saibaba Colony in the city on Monday night.
The arrested men were identified as S Saddam Hussain, 24, and S Karthik, 22, both residents of KK Pudur at Saibaba Colony.
Saddam and Karthik, who were under the influence of alcohol and riding on a scooter on NSR Road, refused to give way for a TNSTC town bus (route no- 70B) heading towards Marudhamalai from Gandhipuram on Monday night. When the bus driver, V Ravikumar, 47, continuously used horn, the duo stopped their scooter in front of the bus and fought with the driver. Later, they pelted a stone at the rear windshield of the bus and fled from the scene.