The Investigative Committee will initiate a case against a driver in Kemerovo who dropped off a child in the cold

In Kemerovo, a regular bus driver dropped off a 12-year-old schoolboy in the cold because the child did not have a certificate from school. The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR), Alexander Bastrykin, ordered to initiate a criminal case, the agency’s information center reported.

The incident occurred on February 21. The Investigative Committee, citing local media and social networks, reports that the boy did not have a certificate from the school confirming his right to preferential travel. He also lacked five rubles to pay the cost. As a result, the child was forced to walk home.

The Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo Region is conducting an inspection. “The Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin, instructed the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Kemerovo Region, Alexander Sergeevich Bezukladnikov, to initiate a criminal case and submit a report on the progress and results of his investigation. The execution of the order has been placed under control in the central office of the department,” the statement says. press release departments.

Abnormally cold weather has set in in Kuzbass since last week. In some places the temperature dropped to –40°C.

In mid-February, the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered to initiate a criminal case after a 13-year-old girl was thrown off a bus in Lipetsk in the cold. The child was denied a trip due to payment problems and was forced to walk to the nearest bus station.

Laura Keffer