Kozhikode (Kerala): A complaint has been raised alleging that female students travelling on a KSRTC Super Deluxe Air Bus, for which they had booked tickets to Coimbatore, were dropped off halfway through their journey. Bus authorities dropped off the students, including Kozhikode natives Asina and Aswini Krishna, at Mannarkkad during the trip. The incident occurred at approximately 4.30 am on November 10.

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Anticipating heavy crowds, Aswini and Asina, who are teacher training students in Coimbatore, had booked seats from Kasaragod for their journey to Coimbatore and boarded the bus from Kozhikode. However, when the bus reached Mannarkkad, passengers were asked to disembark.

According to the students, they were informed that the bus did not have a permit to travel beyond that point and were told to board another bus to continue their journey.

The students had booked tickets on November 9 for the Super Deluxe Air Bus operating from Kasaragod to Coimbatore. KSRTC officials had reportedly told the driver and conductor that the assigned bus lacked an interstate permit, assuring them that the permit would be arranged by the time they reached Mannarkkad. However, when the permit failed to come through, the journey was terminated there.

When the students questioned this, the staff reportedly stated that they knew nothing about the matter and advised them to contact higher authorities.

The students further alleged that they were subsequently put on an ordinary bus where they did not even get seats. They have announced that they will lodge formal complaints regarding the incident with the Chief Minister and the Transport Minister, among others.