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Because of the delay caused by trying to save a flock of hair entangled in friend's schoolbag, a 17 year old schoolgirl had been pulled by the hair forcibly and had been dropped at the bus halt by the conductor and this

The girl who faced this incident was studying in a school in Piliyandala. She had finished school last afternoon (30) and when she was to come home and awaiting the Piliyandala - Bandaragama 162 bus in the company of her friends when this unfortunate incident took place. When she was just about to alight from the bus and was approaching the footboard, at that point her hair had got entangled in the bag of one of her friends and was unable to instantly disentangle it. When the bus had then almost started to move, she had asked to pause proceeding and to 'wait a while' in the process of trying to release the grip on the bag, at which moment the conductor had come to that spot and said "if you go to do that, we'll be delayed" and had pulled the entangled part of her hair from the bag forcibly and had dropped her from the bus there.

As a result of this action she had got startled and even those who saw this scene were shocked. Subsequently, the schoolgirl who got down from the bus had told this to her parents who in turn informed the police about this incident. The conductor responsible for this action was apprehended within the space of a few hours, Bandaragama Police say.

The schoolgirl concerned was admitted to Bandaragama District Hospital. A hospital source remarked that a considerable flock of hair of the girl's head had come off by this sudden action of the conductor. It was revealed that this conductor taken into custody was a 43 year old married person and was a father having children.