Bengaluru: 21-year-old B.Tech student jumps off college building
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old B.Tech student allegedly died by suicide after jumping off from the sixth floor his college campus on Tuesday, May 14.
The deceased student has been identified as Karasala Rahul (21), a native of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Rahul’s family has been residing in Ballari for the past few years and he lived with his mother at a rented home around 4 km away from the campus.
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Rahul’s extreme step is alleged to have been triggered by being denied admission into the exam hall, as he was late for the examinations. Rahul was known to be doing well in studies and was saddened by this denial.
The deceased’s mortal remains were transported to Victoria Hospital for post-mortem. The Parappana Agrahara Police have visited the scene.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
