Bengaluru, Dec 12 (PTI) Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation on Tuesday said it has penalised 3,767 passengers and collected over Rs 7 lakh as penalty for various violations last month.

In a statement, the BTMC said that its staff has intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers.

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In November, the staff checked 16,421 trips and penalised 3,329 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 6,68,610 as a penalty and booked cases against conductors for their dereliction of duty.

The checking staff of BMTC had penalised 438 male passengers occupying seats exclusively reserved for female passengers and imposed a fine of Rs 43,800 in accordance with Karnataka Motor Vehicles rules, the statement said.

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