Stolen RTC Hire Bus Recovered In Nandyal Region
When the driver returned to take the bus out, he found it missing: Reports
TIRUPATI: Tirupati East police registered a case after an APSRTC hire bus parked at the Tirupati Central Bus Station went missing. The bus was later traced to the Nandyal region and recovered by Chagalamarri police, who took a suspect into custody.
The bus, belonging to the Governorpet depot, arrived in Tirupati on Wednesday evening. The driver, Nageswara Rao, and conductor parked it on the bus station premises and went to the rest room.
When the driver returned to take the bus out, he found it missing. He informed the bus owner and RTC officials before lodging a complaint at the East police station on their instructions.
Police registered a case under Crime No. 536/2026 based on the complaint.
The bus owner, Venkateswara Rao, tracked the vehicle using GPS and found that it was moving towards Nandyal. He alerted the police, following which Chagalamarri police intercepted the bus on Thursday and took it into custody along with a suspect, Vishnu, from Maharashtra.