Ground Report

A 50-year-old bus conductor, M. Chacko Panicker, attached to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) depot at Kottarakara, was killed when he got trapped between two buses at the KSRTC bus stand at Pampa on Sunday afternoon. Chacko had been deputed for Sabarimala special duty and was serving as conductor on a Nilackal-Pampa chain service, KSRTC sources said. The body was taken to Pathanamthitta General Hospital for the post-mortem.