Police arrested three people after a school bus crashed into a tree in Haryana’s Mahendragarh on April 11 morning while on way to school, killing six children and leaving around 20 injured. The school’s principal and the driver, who was allegedly drunk and driving rashly according to a statement by Class XII, were among those arrested. Few senior students had requested the driver not to drive the vehicle so rashly had threatened them. The bus rammed into a roadside tree when the driver Dharmender, driving rashly due to which he lost control of the bus carrying 40 children from primary to secondary and overturned, police officers said the driver was caught from the accident site and his medical examination confirmed he was under the influence of alcohol.
Police have also arrested school principal Deepti and one more school official named Hoshiar Singh both remanded to police remand for five days. Later, police took into possession two other drivers with whome Dharmender the driver of the ill-fated bus claimed six lives and injured 20 other students admitted to the hospitals. The incident occurred near Unhani village in Kanina around 8.30 am when the bus was carrying around 40 children from primary to secondary classes in G.L. Public School. Deputy Commissioner Monika Gupta said the private school was open on Eid and the district education officer has sent a proposal to the state government for cancelling its recognition.
Transport Minister Aseem Goel said the State government has ordered a probe into the incident. He also directed officials to check the fitness of all school buses all over in the state. He said the bus was fined recently as it did not have certain documents and the fact that it was still being used was a clear lapse on the part of the school authorities.
