Indian transport minister fined for free ride
The transport minister of India's eastern Bihar state and his personal security guard were fined 30 dollars each for travelling ticketless on a train, a report said yesterday.
Awadh Bihari Choudhry, a member of federal railways minister Laloo Prasad Yadav's regional RJD party and a minister in Bihar's government, had to pay 1,412 rupees (30 dollars) to avoid arrest, the United News of India said.
Both he and his guard were caught in the air-conditioned section of an express train in the state on Monday, railways official N.K. Singh said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The report did not say if the minister deliberately failed to buy tickets.