Mangaluru : The Bajpe gram panchayat member died after fell off from a scooter and came under the wheels of a city bus near the Hampankatta Clock Tower Junction here on Saturday May 2.
The Mangaluru East Traffic police said Prema(56), a resident of Moodshedde, was riding pillion while her husband Krishna Gatty, a retired government employee, was riding the scooter.
The two were on the way to the Central Market. As they were nearing the junction, a city bushit the scooter. Prema fell off the vehicle and came under the wheels of the bus. She died on the spot.
The Mangaluru Traffic police have arrested Jagannath Naik, the driver of the bus.