India, Dec. 8 -- In a daring late-night theft, two unidentified men managed to drain more than 120 litres of diesel from a Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus in under 15 minutes at a fuel station in Rampura village last week.

The bus, attached to BMTC's Mandur depot (Depot 47), had completed its final run on the Rampura-KR Market route on December 1, said a report by The Times of India. As per routine, driver Shivappa MS, 36, and conductor Manjunath BC parked the vehicle on the fuel station premises after 11 pm and went to sleep inside.

Around 2:30 am on December 2, a Tata Indica drove into the premises. CCTV footage later revealed the two occupants lingering near the bus, watching the crew closely. One of them even...