Anti-Padmaavat protesters target school bus in Gurugram, school staff say even police couldn’t control them

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Gurugram on Wednesday setting a state-run bus on fire despite prohibitory orders imposed in the city even as they pelted stones at a school bus that was passing through the area. A GD Goenka School bus came under attack after protesters allegedly belonging to fringe Rajput group Karni Sena threw stones, shattering windows of the bus. No injuries were reported yet. The school staff told ANI that as soon as the bus left the school, it was attacked by protesters. “As soon as we came out of the school the bus was attacked. Even the police could not control them. The children somehow took cover inside the bus,” a school staff was quoted as saying by ANI. The G D Goenka World School students were on their way home when a group of around 60 protesters, believed to be members of a fringe group, attacked the bus with bamboo sticks asking the driver to stop the vehicle. The incident happened when the school bus was crossing through the area while the protesters were setting fire to the Haryana Roadways bus in Bhondsi. As per PTI, a group of around 60 protesters attacked the bus with bamboo sticks asking the driver to stop the vehicle. When the driver did not comply, the miscreants pelted the vehicle with stones apparently to hurt the children. Gurgaon Police PRO Ravinder Kumar told PTI: “The school bus staffer asked the kids to crawl under seats for safety and directed the driver to not stop it. Some of the bus windows shattered and terrified kids cried for help. Fortunately, none of the children was hurt in the attack.” At least 24 people have been detained by Gurgaon Police today, including 13 who have been apprehended for burning a Haryana Roadways bus in Bhondsi. Source: Indian Express