Pune: Bus driver Santosh Mane, who went on a rampage yesterday killing 9 people and injured 27 others, was on Thursday sent to police custody till February 3.
Earlier he was produced in a session court in Pune on Thursday.
Mane’s bizarre road drama went on for almost an hour before the man could be overpowered and arrested.
At 8 am on Wednesday, Mane, a driver with the state transport corporation, using a master key to state buses, hijacked a Satara bound bus from the Swargate terminal.
Mane then went berserk, driving in a frenzy, most of the times on the wrong side of the road, ramming into vehicles mowing down pedestrians, as the city police joined in the chase on motorcycles. Sharif Kutti, a student who was among those who helped overpower Mane, said that it was a nightmare.
The police is yet to clarify the motive of the bus driver. But, the case is certainly one of the worst cases of random killings in the country.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 15:13