t seems thieves and pickpockets are having a free run in the Mo Buses plying in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
In the latest incident, Rs 50,000 was stolen from a passenger while the victim along with his family members was travelling in a Mo Bus on Tuesday from Trishulia to the capital city.
As per reports, a passenger Rajkishore Jena of Banki had boarded the bus from Trisulia. But after some time he found that Rs 50,000 was stolen from his pocket. When he informed the bus staffs, all the passengers were frisked but the money could not be recovered.
The victim later filed an FIR about the incident at the Chandrasekharpur police station. The cops have begun an investigation into the incident.
Earlier, the Commissionerate police had nabbed some miscreants who were targeting Mo Bus passengers and recovered some stolen goods.But the latest incident has again triggered panic among the passengers.