India, March 13 -- The electricity supply near the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation's (MSRTC) bus stand at Swargate was disrupted on Tuesday night, putting passengers' safety at risk. The situation is particularly alarming in the wake of an incident, where a woman passenger was raped taking advantage of the dark during the wee hours.

"There was power disruption at Swargate depot on Tuesday night, but it didn't impact the daily bus operations from the Swargate ST stand," Pramod Nehul, MSRTC Pune divisional controller said.

He, however, did not confirm if there was enough backup to keep the ST stand premises illuminated during the power cut.

In response to the power failure, MSEDCL issued a clarification.

"The Swargate ST st...