India, Feb. 12 -- The driver of the BEST bus that rammed into several pedestrians and vehicles in Kurla on December 9, killing nine people and injuring 37 others, has been named as the accused in the charge sheet filed by the police, along with the top executives of two wet-lease contractors working with the public transport undertaking.

Officials said the evidence points to a "human error" on the part of driver Sanjay More due to a lack of training to operate an automatic electric bus. The police found no substance in More's claims that there was a fault with the bus or its brakes, officials added.

The 1,047-page charge sheet names More and two top executives of BEST's wet-lease contractors-Ramesh Katigandla, director of EveyTrans Priv...