Bus in which Manmeet Alisher was allegedly burnt to death; destroyed

The bus in which a Brisbane bus driver was burnt to death last October has been destroyed, and its fleet number retired.

Manmeet Alisher Source: Getty Image

The bus in which 29-year-old Indian migrant Manmeet Alisher was burnt to death has been destroyed by Brisbane council,

Brisbane Times

reported.

Manmeet Alisher worked as a bus driver and

in October 2016, was allegedly set alight

by 48-year-old Anthony O’Donohue when he pulled the bus over to the Moorooka bus stop in Brisbane.

A floral tribute is seen at a bus stop in Morooka

Brisbane council has kicked off a public appeal for the family of slain bus driver Manmeet Alisher. (AAP) Source: AAP

Manmeet’s colleagues at the Rail Tram and Bus Union drove with black bands on their arms in memory of Manmeet in days following his death.

The Union’s assistant state secretary Tom Brown

previously said

it was fitting the bus be destroyed than be returned to service and probably retire the bus number, 1980, too.

Source: Twitter

The Brisbane City Council obliged and have destroyed the bus and taken the number off its fleet.

"Council has also retired the bus fleet number out of respect for Mr Sharma's family and his Brisbane Transport peers," the council spokesman was quoted saying.

There were some remarks from the Labor opposition leader Peter Cumming though who said that he had no problems with the bus being destroyed but "if it was still worth a lot of money, you’d wonder whether it was appropriate or not."

But he also agreed that other drivers were unlikely to be willing to drive that bus or bus number 1980.