Private Bus Driver Rammed a Metro Bus on Purpose — Rivalry or Organised Sabotage?

A luxury bus driver was arrested in Miriswatta after CCTV caught him tailing a Metro bus from Kesbewa Junction, flashing his lights and honking, then overtaking and ramming it deliberately — about Rs 342,000 in damage, passengers on board. Police say it isn't a one-off: they're now probing whether private operators across several Colombo Metro routes are running a coordinated campaign to sabotage the new service, and claim some of the drivers involved didn't even hold valid permits or driving licences. One side sees a business fight spilling onto the road — private operators watching a subsidised state service eat into their income on routes they've run for years, with no compensation and no say. The other side says none of that excuses turning a bus full of passengers into a target; that's attempted harm, not competition, and permits should be pulled from anyone proven to have done it. Have you seen Metro and private buses behaving badly toward each other on your route? And should routes be reshuffled so the two don't duplicate each other, instead of leaving this to road rage? මහපාරේ රිදී ගැහුවට තරඟයක් ජයගන්න බෑ — මෙහෙම ගැටෙනවා නම් වරදකාරි කවුද?