Kayamkulam: In a strange incident, a woman passenger of a KSRTC bus filed a complaint against a man for sitting next to her. The incident happened on Monday around 8 pm.

A Kandallur native woman filed a complaint against Manuprasad (33), a native of Kuttanad. The case was filed with the Kayamkulam police. The woman was sitting in a general seat, a non-reserved one.

Manuprasad alighted the bus from Changankulangara. He was handicapped in his right leg and sat on the vacant seat next to her. Not liking it, the woman got angry and moved away from the seat. She then informed the matter to her husband.

Following that her husband reached Kayamkulam bus stand. By the time he reached, the bus had left the station. He lodged a complaint with the Kayamkulam police. Based on the complaint, police stopped the bus at Harippad and took Manuprasad into custody. He was released later and was directed to appear at the station on Tuesday. The woman was also asked to appear before the police officer on Tuesday. Though Manuprasad came to the station, the complainant didn’t show up.

Earlier, other passengers in the bus had protested against the move of taking him into custody. The video of their protest is doing rounds on social media.