The Nilgiris district police have registered cases against the owner of a private bus that crashed near Marapallam in Coonoor, killing nine persons on Saturday, September 30. Apart from the owner of the vehicle, two drivers and the organiser of the trip have also been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The police booked S. Subramani, 63, drivers, Muthukutti, 65, Gopal, 32, and the organizer Anbazhagan, 64, under sections 279 (rash and negligent driving), 337 (causing hurt by negligent act) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC.
In a statement, the police said the bus, carrying a total of 61 persons, including the drivers had arrived in the Nilgiris on September 30 and was returning to Tenkasi on the same day, when the crash occurred due to negligent driving by the driver at the wheel, identified as Muthukutti, who also suffered injuries in the accident.
