A security breach that allowed a 20-year-old from Uttarakhand to steal a Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) bus and steer it through busy city streets on Saturday afternoon has prompted the PMPML to issue a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all private bus contractors operating under its Gross Cost Contract (GCC) model. The incident unfolded at the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) building terminus, where the driver of a bus on the Wagholi–PMC Building route left the ignition key inside the vehicle after being reassigned to a different route. Seizing the opportunity, the youth started the engine, pulled the bus out of the terminus, and drove it down Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road before reaching Gokhale Memorial Square on Gopal Krishna Gokhale Road, where a public event was underway, and police personnel were deployed. Alerted in time, the officers intercepted the vehicle and took the young man into custody. No injuries were reported.…