Overview
- The 30-year-old athlete, returning from a national championship in Bhopal, reported that an intoxicated driver and conductor touched her in a moving Verma Travels bus.
- When the bus reached Indore’s Rajendra Nagar checkpoint around 1 a.m., she raised the alarm and both staff members fled, leaving the vehicle stalled.
- Police said about 50 passengers were on board and did not intervene until the stop was made.
- Officers arranged replacement personnel and the bus continued toward Pune in the early hours after a prolonged halt.
- Authorities recorded a written complaint at the victim’s request without registering an FIR yet, and they noted recent, similar harassment cases on regional routes, including a November 6 zero FIR sent to Barwani and an October case involving visiting Australian cricketers.