A 26-year-old man from Malad West has been arrested on charges of damaging government property after he broke the windshield of a bus with a stone on Thursday. Cops said the accused committed the crime as the bus driver refused to let him board as the bus was overcrowded.

The incident took place when the accused, Mervil Ribeiro, was waiting for a bus at Malad Chowki Junction on Link Road to go to office. He allegedly waited for a long time and could not board 2-3 buses as they were crowded. As he was running late, when a route 345 bus, that runs between Kandivli and Goregaon, arrived, he tried to forcibly get in. However, Shankar More, 47, who was driving the bus, denied him entry. Ribeiro then ran after the bus and made it stop.