Palakkad, Oct 7 (PTI) Kerala police on Friday stated they’ve recorded the arrest of the motive force of the bus that met with an accident, killing 9 and injuring 40 others.
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Police have recorded the arrest of Jojo Pathrose, who was detained from Kollam district on Thursday. The mishap occurred the day earlier than.
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“A case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including section 304, 337 and 338 have been registered against him. He will be produced before court soon,” a senior police official informed PTI.
Section 304 IPC offers with punishment for culpable murder not amounting to homicide. The different sections cope with rash and negligent acts, endangering lives of others.
Meanwhile, a purported video of the motive force standing up and driving whereas dancing to a tune performed within the bus has now gone viral. The video which was telecast by many tv channels claims it was an outdated video of Pathrose driving dangerously.
“We are yet to verify the video. In our preliminary examination, it seems like it was him,” the official stated.
Nine individuals, together with 5 college students have been killed and over 40 have been injured after the personal bus hit a government-run KSRTC bus from behind in Kerala’s Palakkad district.
State Revenue Minister Ok Rajan stated the following Cabinet assembly would take a choice on the compensation to be given to the households of those that misplaced their lives within the accident.
At the identical time, State Transport Commissioner S Sreejith informed the Kerala High Court that the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) had despatched alert to the house owners cellphone about rushing of the bus.
The Kerala State Road Transport Department has initiated steps at hand over the insurance quantity of Rs 10 lakh every to the three passengers who died.
“An interim assistance of Rs 2 lakh will be handed over to the families on Monday”, KSRTC stated, including that the remainder of the quantity shall be given after finishing due procedures.
The State Education Department had directed all faculties to strictly observe its earlier instructions to keep away from journey at evening throughout excursions.
“The department had issued directions not to travel between 9 PM and 6 AM. Detailed instructions were given in the order issued on March 2, 2020 including the usage of vehicles from the tour operators affiliated with the State Tourism Department. The order also fixes responsibility of the trips on the respective institutional heads,” Minister V Sivankutty had stated.
The personal automobile had began from the Baselios Vidyanikethan Senior Secondary School in Ernakulam on Wednesday with 42 college students and 5 academics.
The errant bus driver, who had allegedly escaped from a hospital after receiving first help, was later detained by police.
The Transport Commissioner has stated the bus was blacklisted 5 occasions for violating varied motorcar guidelines up to now.
The KSRTC bus was going from Kottarakkara in Kerala to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and had 81 passengers.
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