Bus goes missing from Hyd'bad bus stand, probe ordered

: In a security lapse, a state-owned transport corportion bus parked in the central bus stand here was found missing, corportion officials said Thursday.

The 'Metro Express' bus of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation's Kushaiguda depot was parked at the central bus stand Tuesday night by its driver and found missing Wednesday morning when he returned for duty, they said.

Taking a serious view of the incident, state transport Minister V Prashanth Reddy ordered the officials to conduct an inquriy into the matter and initiate action against those found responsible for the security "lapses".

He directed that security be stepped up in all the bus stands in the city and across the state, release from the corporation said.

The Minister held a meeting with the officials concerned and asked the city police commissioner to take steps for tracing the bus, it said.

A complaint has been lodged and special police teams have begun investigations. Patrol teams in all the districts have also been alerted, the release said.