Uttar Pradesh: Bus with 34 passengers \'hijacked\' by employees of financial company in Agra\, probe underway



Uttar Pradesh: Bus with 34 passengers 'hijacked' by employees of financial company in Agra, probe underway

The bus had left from Gurugram in Haryana for Madhya Pradesh.


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In a bizarre incident, some employees of a finance firm allegedly hijacked a passenger bus from New Southern Bypass in Uttar Pradesh's Agra on Wednesday.

The driver and the helper of the bus were forced to get down by the employees and seized control. 34 passengers were on the bus when it was hijacked.

The bus had left from Gurugram in Haryana for Madhya Pradesh.

Reportedly, all the passengers are safe.

The criminals posed as employees of a finance company when they asked the driver to stop the vehicle.

Talking to Zee News, the SSP said that the abductors were people of Shree Ram Finance. 

The bus owner died yesterday and his son is doing last rites.

The police are still trying to locate the whereabouts of the bus. Agra police have launched a probe in this matter.