The bus has been recovered from Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district on Wednesday afternoon. As per reports, all the passengers are safe in the bus, which was abducted from Agra.
'Hijacked' bus with 34 passengers on board recovered in Etawah
Bus carrying 34 passengers hijacked in Agra
14:17 August 19
14:07 August 19
Yogi orders action in bus hijack case
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sought a report on the 'bus hijack' incident that took place in Agra on Wednesday morning when representatives of a finance company drove off with 34 passengers due to the non-payment of EMIs.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi told reporters that the Chief Minister has directed the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Agra to take stern action in the matter.
Awasthi said that all passengers were safe and had been dropped off at Jhansi from where they had gone to their respective destinations.
UP minister and spokesman Siddhartha Nath Singh said that the Shri Ram Finance Company that took away the bus would have to face action.
12:30 August 19
Jhansi police trace bus carrying 34 passengers
Jhansi police trace bus carrying 34 passengers
The Jhansi police, which is currently engaged in tracing the location of the abducted bus after receiving information that 34 passengers were dropped off in the city, have deployed police force at the bus station to keep an eye on activities going on at the place.
09:58 August 19
Bus carrying 34 passengers hijacked in Uttar Pradesh's Agra
ASP Agra Babloo Kumar shared information about the hijack of passenger bus from New Southern Bypass in Agra
Lucknow: A privately-operated bus with passengers on board was hijacked by recovery agents of a finance company in Uttar Pradesh's Agra on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The incident took place in the Malpura police station area when the bus was en route to Panna in Madhya Pradesh from Gurgaon in Haryana, according to police.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said the bus driver, staff and passengers are safe.
"Regarding the bus incident in Agra, the finance company had illegally seized the bus. The driver, staff and passengers are safe. The bus owner died yesterday (Tuesday) and his son is conducting the last rites," he said in a statement.
However, the statement did not mention the whereabouts of the bus.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, Babloo Kumar said three people who got off the bus informed the police that representatives of the finance company had boarded the vehicle.
"Preliminary information reveals the bus has been taken away by the people from a finance company which had financed the vehicle. A case has been registered and police teams formed to search for it," he said.
He said it was a finance-related incident and the action of the men "audacious".
The registration number of the sleeper bus is UP75M 3516 (Etawah in UP) but it is owned by a private operator in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, according to the police.
Kumar said the episode started around 10:30 PM on Tuesday when the bus was near Raibha toll plaza at Dakshin bypass and eight-nine young men in two SUVs intercepted it.
These men claimed they were from the finance company and asked the bus driver to get down but he ignored them and continued the ride, he said.
"The men in SUVs then chased the bus and overtook it at Malpura area. They got into the bus and forcibly brought down the driver and the conductor. They also told the passengers to not scream and assured them that no harm will be done to them," he added.
Later, four of these men boarded the bus and sped away on the Delhi-Kanpur highway, Kumar said.
He said the driver and the conductor of the bus were taken in one of the SUVs and dropped off in Kuberpur area on the highway around 4 am after which they approached the local police for help.
Police personnel, including the district police chief, then reached the spot and a search operation was launched to track the bus, he said.
PTI
14:17 August 19
The bus has been recovered from Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district on Wednesday afternoon. As per reports, all the passengers are safe in the bus, which was abducted from Agra.
14:07 August 19
Yogi orders action in bus hijack case
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sought a report on the 'bus hijack' incident that took place in Agra on Wednesday morning when representatives of a finance company drove off with 34 passengers due to the non-payment of EMIs.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi told reporters that the Chief Minister has directed the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Agra to take stern action in the matter.
Awasthi said that all passengers were safe and had been dropped off at Jhansi from where they had gone to their respective destinations.
UP minister and spokesman Siddhartha Nath Singh said that the Shri Ram Finance Company that took away the bus would have to face action.
12:30 August 19
Jhansi police trace bus carrying 34 passengers
Jhansi police trace bus carrying 34 passengers
The Jhansi police, which is currently engaged in tracing the location of the abducted bus after receiving information that 34 passengers were dropped off in the city, have deployed police force at the bus station to keep an eye on activities going on at the place.
09:58 August 19
Bus carrying 34 passengers hijacked in Uttar Pradesh's Agra
ASP Agra Babloo Kumar shared information about the hijack of passenger bus from New Southern Bypass in Agra
Lucknow: A privately-operated bus with passengers on board was hijacked by recovery agents of a finance company in Uttar Pradesh's Agra on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The incident took place in the Malpura police station area when the bus was en route to Panna in Madhya Pradesh from Gurgaon in Haryana, according to police.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said the bus driver, staff and passengers are safe.
"Regarding the bus incident in Agra, the finance company had illegally seized the bus. The driver, staff and passengers are safe. The bus owner died yesterday (Tuesday) and his son is conducting the last rites," he said in a statement.
However, the statement did not mention the whereabouts of the bus.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, Babloo Kumar said three people who got off the bus informed the police that representatives of the finance company had boarded the vehicle.
"Preliminary information reveals the bus has been taken away by the people from a finance company which had financed the vehicle. A case has been registered and police teams formed to search for it," he said.
He said it was a finance-related incident and the action of the men "audacious".
The registration number of the sleeper bus is UP75M 3516 (Etawah in UP) but it is owned by a private operator in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, according to the police.
Kumar said the episode started around 10:30 PM on Tuesday when the bus was near Raibha toll plaza at Dakshin bypass and eight-nine young men in two SUVs intercepted it.
These men claimed they were from the finance company and asked the bus driver to get down but he ignored them and continued the ride, he said.
"The men in SUVs then chased the bus and overtook it at Malpura area. They got into the bus and forcibly brought down the driver and the conductor. They also told the passengers to not scream and assured them that no harm will be done to them," he added.
Later, four of these men boarded the bus and sped away on the Delhi-Kanpur highway, Kumar said.
He said the driver and the conductor of the bus were taken in one of the SUVs and dropped off in Kuberpur area on the highway around 4 am after which they approached the local police for help.
Police personnel, including the district police chief, then reached the spot and a search operation was launched to track the bus, he said.
PTI
Last Updated : Aug 19, 2020, 2:28 PM IST
