MP: Man claims he was thrashed for refusing to become BJP member; 4 booked
Chhatarpur (MP), Sep 17: Police registered a case after a man alleged he was assaulted by four unidentified individuals for refusing to become a member of the BJP in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.
The alleged incident occurred at a toll plaza on National Highway-39 under the Bamitha police station limits on Monday.
The complainant, Manvendra Singh Yadav (27), is employed as a driver on a vehicle attached to a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) engineer, police said.
According to the complainant, four persons approached him at the toll plaza around Monday noon and demanded his mobile phone, saying they needed to give a missed call to make him a BJP member, the official said.
When Yadav refused to enlist himself, he was allegedly abused and thrashed and his mobile phone was snatched by the four men, the FIR stated.
A case was registered at Bamitha police station against four unidentified persons under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita after Yadav lodged an FIR, said Chhatarpur Superintendent of Police Agam Jain.
Further investigation is underway, he 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.
