Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Police Recommend Bus Permit Cancellation After Woman Dropped On Highway
A woman was traveling by private bus from Kozhikode to Kannur in Keralam.
She said she had bought a ticket to get off at a particular bus stop.
The bus crew allegedly told her the bus would not go there.
They allegedly left her on a high and dark part of an unfinished national highway at night.
The woman became distressed and could not safely climb down.
Local residents came to help her using a ladder.
A video of the rescue later spread on social media and appeared on television.
Police said the bus was using a route it was not allowed to use.
They recommended cancelling the bus permit and imposing a fine.
Payyoli police recommended cancelling a private bus permit and imposing a fine.
The bus crew allegedly dropped a woman on an elevated, unlit highway stretch at night.
The woman said she had bought a ticket to alight at a particular bus stop.
Residents helped her descend from the highway using a ladder.
Police said the bus was permitted to use only the service road, not the under-construction highway section.
- Who
- A woman, the private bus crew, Payyoli police, residents, and the Motor Vehicles Department.
- What
- Police recommended cancelling a private bus permit and imposing a fine after the woman was allegedly dropped on an unauthorized highway stretch.
- When
- The incident occurred earlier this week; the report was published on August 27.
- Where
- On an elevated, poorly lit, under-construction stretch of the national highway during a Kozhikode-to-Kannur bus service.
- Why
- Police said the bus was operating on a route where it was not permitted and should have used the service road.
- Police station
- Payyoli police
- Recommended action
- Cancellation of the private bus permit and imposition of a fine
- Bus service
- Kozhikode to Kannur
- Incident setting
- An elevated, unlit or poorly lit stretch of an under-construction national highway
- Passenger assistance
- Residents helped the woman descend using a ladder
- Reported violation
- Operating on the highway stretch instead of the permitted service road
- Report recipient
- Motor Vehicles Department
