Bengaluru: Accused slits his throat before judge
Bengaluru, October 16: An accused arrested under POCSO Act on charges of raping a minor girl attempted to commit suicide by slitting his throat in front of the judge in the court hall here on Tuesday.
The incident happened at Court Hall 54 of the Sessions Court in the city. The accused has been identified as Vinod Kumar. Hennur police arrested Vinod Kumar under POCSO Act and on Tuesday, the police produced him before the court for hearing. But Vinod Kumar, who was in confusion and fear about his case, made suicide attempt by slitting his throat. The police rushed him to Victoria Hospital and admitted him, police sources said.
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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.
