{
  "id": 13896078,
  "title": "Pune: Ticket Tray Worth ₹26,740 Stolen From Swargate PMPML Depot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pune-ticket-tray-worth-26-740-stolen-from-swargate-pmpml-depot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:49:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-ticket-tray-worth-26740-stolen-from-swargate-pmpml-depot"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A tray containing paper bus tickets worth ₹26,740 was stolen from the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) depot at Swargate on Saturday afternoon. An unidentified individual took the tray around 1.50 pm, according to the police. Pralhad Dhakane, a 44-year-old bus conductor from Phursungi, reported the theft to the Swargate police station later that day.\n\nThe missing tray was eventually found abandoned at a bus stop on JM Road by an unsuspecting passenger, who promptly handed it over to PMPML officials. PMPML staff conducted a thorough search of the depot and the parked buses before informing the police about the theft. Police investigators suspect that the culprit may have abandoned the tickets after realizing their limited utility. However, the police have not yet managed to locate the unidentified thief responsible for the theft.",
  "summary": "Pune: Paper bus tickets worth ₹26,740 were reported stolen from the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) depot at Swargate on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, an unidentified person took a tray containing tickets for buses running between Swargate and Hadapsar at around 1.50 pm. Pralhad Dhakane (44), a bus conductor from Phursungi, later lodged a complaint at Swargate…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}