Overview
- The PMPML bus, taken Saturday around 5:30 pm from the PMC terminus, was driven along Jangli Maharaj Road before police intercepted it near Gokhale Memorial Square.
- Police named the suspect as Gopal Balramsingh Rana, 20, who allegedly entered the unattended bus after a key was left by the steering wheel.
- Security staff at a nearby public event and bystanders tried to halt the vehicle, and police took the driver into custody after stopping it.
- No passengers were on board and no injuries were reported, and the bus was later returned to the depot.
- Police registered a case and are checking motive and fitness as PMPML opens an internal inquiry into the driver, renewing scrutiny of depot security and recalling Pune’s 2012 bus hijacking tragedy.