Govt bus conductor tries to molest woman passenger on moving bus in Kerala, held
Kochi, Jul 8: A conductor of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), who had allegedly tried to sexually molest a woman passenger on a moving bus, was taken into custody on Saturday, police said.
The accused was identified as Justine, a native of Neyyattinkara near Thiruvananthapuram.
According to police, the man had misbehaved with the woman after offering her a seat adjacent to him in the Malappuram-bound bus which began its journey from the state capital.
He convinced the woman, who took a ticket to Ernakulam, that the seat she occupied was already reserved and asked her to sit on the conductor's seat until any other one became vacant.
After some time, the accused also came and sat adjacent to her on the same seat and allegedly misbehaved with her during the journey.
Based on the complaint of the woman, Aluva police took the conductor into the custody when the bus reached Ernakulam district.
His arrest would be recorded soon, Aluva police added.
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20 people killed in fire at nursing home in China
Beijing (PTI): Twenty people were killed in a fire at a nursing home in north China's Hebei province, local officials said on Wednesday.
The blaze broke out around 9 pm on Tuesday in Longhua county, Chengde city.
As of early Wednesday, a total of 20 people were confirmed dead, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported citing local officials.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, the report said.
