BMTC bus conductor sleeping in bus burn to death

A 45-year-old BMTC bus conductor was charred to death in an accidental fire that broke out inside a BMTC bus in the early hours of Friday. The deceased conductor was sleeping in the bus that was parked in the D Group Employees Layout bus stand in Lingadheeranahalli in West Bengaluru.

The deceased has been identified as Mutthaiah Swamy, 45. He was sleeping in the bus bearing registration number KA-57-F-2069 belonging to Sumanahalli bus depot number 31.

After the preliminary investigation, Byadarahalli police said that Swamy sustained around 80 percent burns and died.