For driver A H Khan, a resident of Rabodi, the incident was the second ordeal that he had to undergo in less that a week. “I skipped work and stayed indoors after riots in my area. It happened on the second day after I resumed work,” he says.
On October 27, Rahul Raj had taken passengers on BEST bus (no 322) near the Bail Bazaar of the city to hostage. According to the police, Raj had come to the city to kill Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray over his stand on the north Indians. However, in the melee, he shot a passenger in his thigh and was himself killed in an encounter.