India, March 11 -- Following the alleged rape incident at Swargate ST (state transport) stand, a three-member committee of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has conducted a security audit highlighting critical lapses across bus stands in Pune district. The audit report - viewed by Hindustan Times on Monday, six days after it was submitted to the state government on March 4 - recommends making it mandatory to appoint female security guards at 42 ST stands across 14 depots in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and rural areas. At present, none of these ST stands have female security guards. The report suggests deploying six female security guards at major ST stands and two to three female security guards at other ST stands to im...