KSRTC starts mini bus service between Madikeri and Sullia
Mangaluru, August 23: The Mangaluru KSRTC has started mini bus service between Madikeri and Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district in alternative route from today.
Due to landslides on national highway 275 between Madikeri and Sampaje, the mini buses would ply via Panattur-Karike and Bhagamandala. The KSRTC mini bus service would be available from Puttur depot, corporation sources said.
This mini bus service would help hundreds of employees and students between these two towns. The mini buses would also run into Kerala for 12 km. Three buses started plying between these places from Thursday and another two buses would start from Friday. Every day, 14 single trips would be done from five mini buses, sources said.
Bus time table
Madikeri to Sullia: 7.15 am, 8 am, 9 am, 11.15 am, 12 noon, 4 pm, 4.30 pm
Sullia to Madikeri: 7 am, 7.45 am, 11.45 am, 12.15 pm, 1.15 pm, 3.30 pm, 4.30 pm
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Vadodara car crash: FSL report reveals accused smoked marijuana, was not drunk
Vadodara: The main accused in the March 14 car crash in Vadodara, Rakshit Chaurasia, had smoked marijuana but was not under the influence of alcohol, according to the primary report from Gandhinagar’s Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL). Chaurasia, a 20-year-old law student, was driving a speeding car that rammed into two-wheelers near Muktanand crossroads in Karelibaug, killing a woman and injuring several others.
The FSL’s findings, as cited by police officials, revealed that Chaurasia’s blood sample tested positive for marijuana. Two others who were in the car with him—Praanshu Chauhan and Suresh Bharwad—also tested positive for the same. All three have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Chaurasia has also been booked under s. 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which deals with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He is currently lodged in Vadodara Central Jail. Chauhan has also been arrested, while Bharwad remains absconding.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 4, Panna Momaya, the blood reports confirmed drug consumption. "They were driving the car after smoking marijuana," she said.
CCTV footage showed the car speeding before taking a sharp turn and hitting the two-wheeler. In the moments before the crash, Chaurasia was seen behaving erratically, shouting "another round, another round," followed by chanting “Om Namah Shivay” and calling out a girl’s name, “Nikita.”
Later, Chaurasia told reporters that a pothole caused the accident and claimed he was driving at 50 km/hr. He also said the airbag deployment had obstructed his view.
