KSRTC collects more than Rs 7.3 lakh fine from ticketless passengers in April 2025
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has reiterated its warning to passengers not to travel without tickets adding that it had entered into agreements with neighbouring states for checking of its services.
In a press release issued recently, the Chief Traffic Manager has said that, in the month of April 2025, when 43,244 KSRTC buses were checked, as many as 3,882 cases of pilferage of things worth Rs 97,576 were found. The officer added that 3,780 passengers who were traveling without ticket were found and issued fines worth Rs 7,32,495.
Stating that disciplinary action has been taken against the KSRTC staff in connection with the said crimes, the manager reminded citizens to carry valid tickets or pass while traveling in the state transport buses to prevent such incidents.
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Two found hanging in hotel room in Kerala's Kottayam
Kottayam (Kerala) (PTI): A young man and a woman were found dead inside a hotel room here in a suspected suicide after their families allegedly did not approve their marriage proposal, police said on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Nandakumar RPC (22) of Puthupally and Asiya Thanamma (19) of Variserry, Parumbaicadu, who were found hanging in the room in Sasthri Road, Kottayam, on Friday evening, police said.
According to officials of Kottayam West police station, both had been in a relationship for the past few years.
They had informed their family members about the relationship and their plan to get married, but the proposal was reportedly not accepted, police said.
The duo checked into the hotel on Thursday.
However, when they failed to vacate the room even after the checkout time, hotel staff broke open the door and found them dead on Friday evening, police said.
A suicide note was recovered from the room in which they stated that their families’ disapproval of their marriage was the reason for taking the extreme step, police said.
Earlier, Asiya’s family had lodged a missing complaint, following which Gandhinagar police registered a case, officials said.
The bodies will be handed over to relatives after postmortem examination, police added.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
