Hyderabad: A 43-year-old bus driver died on Sunday after he was allegedly assaulted by a wine shop worker in Attapur during an argument over a torn Rs 20 note. The deceased was identified as Boya Nagaraju, a bus driver at an engineering college in Medchal. He lived with his family in Panduranga Nagar in Attapur.At around 11.30 am on Sunday, Nagaraju and his relative, Balakrishna, were consuming liquor at a wine shop near pillar no. 140 of PVNR Expressway in Attapur when a worker, identified as Bunny, allegedly assaulted and pushed him following an argument. Nagaraju fell on the concrete base of a pole and sustained a head injury. “Alerted by the locals, we reached the spot and found my husband lying unconscious on the floor in front of the liquor shop. We shifted him to nearby private hospital in Attapur, where duty doctor declared him brought dead at around 12.30 pm,” Nagaraju’s wife B Jayamma told police.According to the complaint, Nagaraju left home around 9 am to drop their daughter at her workplace and subsequently went to the liquor shop at Attapur with Balakrishna. “Balakrishna said he and my husband had been consuming liquor from 10 am onwards. When my husband wanted to buy more alcohol using a Rs 20 note, the staff refused to accept it as it was torn. An argument ensued between the staff and my husband. One of the workers, Bunny, came out of the shop, assaulted my husband and pushed him, causing a fatal head injury,” the complainant alleged.Based on the complaint, Attapur police registered a case against Bunny under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the BNS on Sunday. “Nagaraju fell on the concrete base of a pole set up by a telecom company and suffered a head injury. We arrested Bunny on Monday. He will be produced before the court,” Attapur inspector A Seetaiah said.
