Overview
- An FIR names the bus owner, driver, a labour contractor and two brick kiln owners after Tuesday’s blaze near Manoharpur.
- Authorities identified the deceased as Naseem, 50, and Sahinam, 20, from Pilibhit, while several injured passengers were referred to Jaipur’s SMS Hospital.
- Transport officials say the sleeper bus carried LPG cylinders, motorcycles and other household goods on its roof and was operating with an expired permit.
- The transport department placed three RTO inspectors under awaiting posting order and issued notices to two RTO heads, noting the bus had crossed multiple check-posts and accrued about 40 challans in recent months.
- Officials report the vehicle left the highway for an unpaved access road to a brick kiln where rooftop items contacted a power line estimated at 17 feet high, and multi-agency forensic and negligence probes are underway.