Bus driver suspended for letting a monkey ‘drive’

None of the 30 passengers complained

An Indian bus driver who let a monkey behind the wheel of his vehicle was suspended yesterday after a video of the incident went viral, sparking outrage and humour.

The 36-year-old driver is seen smiling and patting the langur monkey as it sits atop the wheel of the moving bus in footage shot by a passenger.

“Driver M. Prakash has been taken off duty for allowing the monkey to sit on the steering wheel and handle it,” T.S. Latha, a spokesperson for the government’s road transport corporation in southern Karnataka state, told AFP.

There were 30 passengers on the bus and none of them complained. The langur was at the wheel for almost ten minutes, reports said.