After complaints, police begin verification of private bus staff in Kochi to check criminal antecedents

The police have started scrutinising the personal details of private bus employees in Kochi, Keralam, as part of a special drive to weed out people with criminal antecedents from the public utility sector amid a spate of complaints. The traffic wing of the police has forwarded details of around 100 private bus employees to the district special branch for verification, according to police sources.

The details of the employees are being collected in a special form distributed to bus operators. Details including address, licence number and Aadhaar number have been sought through the form. Bus operators have been instructed to submit the filled-in forms to the respective traffic police stations by September 24. Two photographs of the employees also have to be attached with the forms.