Nagpur: Sadar Police on Wednesday detained the driver and conductor of a private bus for allegedly looting cash from passengers by threatening to abandon them midway in the jungle during night. Cops also detained the bus (NL01/B2206) till the matter was resolved.
More than 110 persons, mostly workers, had booked the bus from Secunderabad for Banaras and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. The bus had 58 seats. However, the bus driver, cleaner and the conductor allegedly took Rs 1,500 each from the passengers and decided to carry them beyond capacity on Monday. In the dead of the night, the bus driver parked the bus in the jungle. He and the conductor asked the passengers to get down and allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 more from them.
Left with no option, the passengers collected money and handed them over the cash. The bus then started its onward journey. After crossing the Maharashtra border, the driver again stopped the bus near Sai Dhaba and asked the passengers to disembark the vehicle saying that another bus would come to pick them up. As the passengers refused to get down, the driver and cleaner thrashed some of them. The conductor then whipped out a knife and threatened them of dire consequences.
When some of the passengers tried to overpower them, the duo decided to take the bus to Nagpur. In Sadar area, the bus stopped again. A goon, who was known to the driver, boarded the bus and started threatening the passengers. Two traffic cops passing-by heard the noise and intercepted the bus. Cops then took the bus and the passengers to Sadar Police Station.
Further investigations are underway.
Intl flight tickets booking agent duped of Rs 40 lakh
An International flight tickets booking agent was allegedly defrauded by the directors of Mumbai-based travel agency and a youth from Uttar Pradesh (UP) to the tune of Rs 40.02 lakh in a business deal.
The accused have been identified as Saeed Ahmed Ansari (58), his sons Farhan Ansari and Adnan Ansari, all residents of Flat No 505, Mubarak Tower, Kurla (West), Mumbai, and Wasim Umar (23), a resident of Damupura, Maunath, Bhanjan, UP.
Ahmed Ansari and his sons are the directors of Mumbai-based Alfaaz Travel agency. According to the police, parents of the victim Bilal Mohammad Rizwan Qureshi (27), a resident of Plot No 5, Firdous Colony, near Shyam Lawns, Mankapur Ring Road, Nagpur, stay in Saudi Arabia. Bilal had come in contact with Saeed Ansari for his parents’ visa and air tickets. Saeed Ansari helped him in getting them a visa. Saeed Ansari then gave him an offer to book International flight tickets on commission basis. Bilal accepted the offer and started an air tickets booking firm with the name Macau International.
Last year, as many as 400 persons approached him for booking flight tickets for Saudi Arabia. Saeed Ansari told the ticket rates and asked him to collect 25 percent from each passenger as an advance. Accordingly, he collected passport details of the passengers and advance of Rs 40.02 lakh from them. He deposited the amount in the bank account of the travel agency of the accused who told him that the confirmed tickets would be issued after receiving the full amount.
As no confirmed ticket was issued, he tried to contact the accused but there was no response from their side. Realising that he was duped, he approached the police. On the basis of Bilal’s complaint, police registered a case under Sections 406, 420, 465, 468, 471, 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused persons. Further investigations are underway.
