India, Aug. 8 -- A contractual bus conductor of Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited (GMCBL), who was caught fleecing money from passengers, was slapped a fine of Rs.96,000, officials said on Thursday.

Officials said that the man, Ajit Kumar, hired through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN) as conductor was found indulging in embezzlement during random checking of CCTV footage of buses by a flying squad last month.

"Kumar was deployed on route number 909 that operates from Badarpur border to Manjhawali in Faridabad from Sector 52 depot. It was noticed that he was charging money from passengers without issuing tickets, citing a malfunctioned ticket machine," said Satish Kumar Ruhil, a senior official of Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Tr...