THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five employees were suspended by KSRTC as part of disciplinary proceedings.

The conductor of the Ponkunnam depot, Jomon Jose, was suspended for disembarking passengers after three kilometers in the newly started Ponkunnam - Pallickathodu - Kottayam service on the 13th saying that the ETM machine was broken, when the service could have been done using the rack.

B Mangal Vinod, Conductor of Vaikom Depot, for misbehaving and threatening the Assistant Transport Officer at Vaikom Depot on June 1, Reggie Joseph, Driver of Eratupetta Depot, for boarding a bus parked at Mundakkayam Stand and threatening to beat up a passenger on June 7, Conductor E Jomole of Alappuzha unit who allowed passengers free travel from Kayamkulam to Kollam in a Superfast with seven passengers, and driver P Saiju of Changanassery depot who did not show up for work using fake medical certificate were suspended under investigation.