7 killed as luxury bus in Karnataka catches fire, driver and owner booked

Seven people, including a child, were burnt to death when a brand new luxury bus caught fire late last night, hours after leaving Bangalore for Mumbai. There were 52 people on the Volvo bus that had started operating just last month; 45 managed to break the windows and jump out of the burning bus. The police have booked the driver, who allegedly ran away, and the owner of the bus, Shakeel Ahmed, the brother of JD-S MLA Jameel Ahmed.