BMTC collects fines worth Rs. 7.37 lakh from ticketless passengers in the month of December
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation in the month of December collected a fine amounting Rs. 7,37,040 from those passengers who traveled without tickets and for men occupying seats reserved for women passengers.
During the month, the checking staff of the corporation inspected 16,785 trips and found 3,502 ticketless passengers, from whom a fine of Rs 7,02,340 was collected. Alongside, fines were collected worth Rs. 34,700 from 347 male passengers for occupying seats reserved for women passengers, said BMTC in a release.
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The corporation in its release has further urged male passengers to avoid seating reserved for women passengers, and highlighted that traveling without an official ticket, day pass, monthly pass in BMTC buses will attract heavy fines, the BMTC has urged passengers to avoid unnecessary fines.
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Minor girl out with friend raped in MP forest; truck driver, associate held
Raisen (MP), Nov 24: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a truck driver while his two associates restrained the teenager’s male friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official said on Sunday.
Police have arrested two persons, including the truck driver, in connection with the alleged crime committed in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Road, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday evening, he said.
The teenager and her 21-year-old male friend were returning after visiting the Vandevi temple in the area when they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, said Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.
At the same time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later identified as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two friends also went inside the forest, where they spotted the girl and her friend.
The trio thrashed the young man and snatched the key of his motorcycle, he said, citing the FIR.
The driver took the girl deep inside the forest and allegedly raped her, while his associates restrained her friend, the official said.
After the three accused left, the girl and the youth walked to the road and alerted some policemen who were passing by.
Police registered a case against Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, while Ahirwar is on the run, the official said.
