Drunk driver of MSRTC bus carrying EVMs held for negligent driving
Palghar, May 1: A driver of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has been arrested for recklessly driving a bus that was transporting EVMs to Jawhar in the district, police said on Wednesday.
The driver, Yogesh Gawari (38), was found driving the bus under the influence of liquor on Monday night, after polling for the Palghar Lok Sabha seat got over, police said.
"After the polls, the driver was assigned the task of transporting the EVMs and other poll equipment in an MSRTC bus to the counting centre at Jawhar from Mokhada in Palghar," district rural police spokesperson Hemant Katkar said.
A police jeep was following the bus, he said.
"The police personnel observed that he was driving the bus in a rash and negligent manner. They asked the driver to stop the bus and found that he was drunk," Katkar said.
Thereafter, the driver was detained and sent for a medical examination, which confirmed that he was under the influence of liquor, he added,
The EVMs were later shifted to another bus and sent to Jawhar, Katkar said, adding that Gawari was booked under IPC sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and others by the Mokhada police.
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Three arrested for killing Buddhist woman monk in Himachal
Shimla (PTI): Three people have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Buddhist woman monk in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh nearly a month ago, police said on Friday.
The accused -- Gagan Sharma (23), Vishal (23) and Gaurav Sharma (20), all residents of Mandi -- were arrested on Thursday night, police said.
According to police, the 78-year-old Buddhist woman monk, Orje Shoki, was found murdered in a cave near Sarkidhar village, following which a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted to nab the accused.
Mandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinod Kumar said that during the investigation, more than 50 suspects were questioned and DNA samples of several suspects were also collected.
After a detailed investigation, the accused were arrested from different locations on Thursday night, he said.
Kumar said all the accused are drug addicts and they committed the crime with the intention of looting the victim, so that they could buy drugs.
Efforts are on to nab two more accused wanted in the case. They will be put behind bars soon, the SP said.
