Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 7
Two weeks after 19 passengers of a bus were charred to death near here, the police on Friday arrested the owner of the private travel agency.
The bus, which was carrying 46 people, including two drivers and was on its way to Bengaluru from Hyderabad, met with the ghastly accident near Chinnatekur village on the outskirts of Kurnool early morning of October 24.
While 19 passengers, including two children, were charred to death, 27 passengers, including both drivers, escaped by breaking glass windows.
Seven of the victims were from Andhra Pradesh, six from Telangana, two each from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and one each from Odisha and Bihar.