Father and daughter crushed

4:12pm Thursday 15th May 2008

An Indian worker and his four-year-old daughter were crushed to death by a bus after the conductor pushed them off for not having the fare.

Angry passengers then set fire to it in revenge and the conductor was arrested and charged with unintentional murder, said police.

Sanschar Toppo, 40, was 10 rupees (12p) short of the fare when he got on the bus with his daughter.

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