All India Majilis E Ittehadul Muslimeen, Aimim MAHABUBNAGAR AP with Faisal Khan and 11 others 42 burnt alive as bus caught fire in # Mahabubnagar Oct 30 Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has expressed shock and grief over the incident and ordered for through investigation. The District collector and SP visited the spot and briefed the CM about the incident. CM has directed the officials to present a detailed report. The injured persons include Shikhar and Rajesh of Hyderabad, Jai Singh of Uttar Pradesh, Mazhar Pasha and Jogesh of Bangalore. There are reports that angry relatives of the deceased expressed their ire at Jabbar travels office at Lakdi ka pul and protested violently. Over forty passengers burnt alive when a bus caught fire in Mahabubnagar this morning. A private bus belonging to Jabbar travels coming to Hyderabad from Bangalore caught fire after hitting a culvert near Palem in Mahabubnagar district around 5.20 a.m. Seven passengers, including the driver and a cleaner, managed to escape. They were shifted to a hospital. The Volvo, was carrying 49 passengers. The passengers were asleep when the bus hit the culvert and its diesel tank burst. People from nearby village said the bus was reduced to ashes within few minutes. The victims were charred beyond recognition. Mahabub nagar District Collector M.Girija Shankar said five passengers were undergoing treatment at a hospital at Vanaparti. He along with Superintendent of Police Nagendra Kumar visited the scene. They said a list of only 29 passengers was received from the private bus travels. Other passengers boarded the bus enroute. The bus left Bangalore at 10 p.m. Tuesday and was scheduled to reach Hyderabad at 6.30 a.m. More details to follow.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:59:24 +0000
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