Mandy: The Pandavapura JMFC Court yesterday granted bail to the driver of the private bus that plunged into Visvesvaraya Canal at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk on Nov.24, which had resulted in the death of 30 people. The bus driver Shivanna, who was absconding after the accident, was arrested on Sunday. During interrogation, Shivanna is said to have told the Police that on Nov.24 morning, while proceeding on the road next to the Canal, he lost control of the bus and tried to avoid the bus ramming into an electric pole next to the Canal but unfortunately, the bus plunged into the Canal.
How he escaped: Shivanna has told the Police that he did not know swimming but was rescued by one Ankegowda, a villager and added that he was made to sit near a farm from where he proceeded to Basaralu village on foot and caught a bus to Bengaluru.
