The row over language started in Belagavi after a group of people allegedly intercepted the KSRTC bus and beat up its conductor and driver for not speaking to a passenger in Marathi
A day after nine people, including five schoolchildren, were killed in a road accident on the Thrissur-Palakkad highway, officials of both -- the Motor Transport department and the Kerala Police -- are on a high alert and have started a thorough inspection.