CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur | Deoband, In Deoband area, about four-five attackers riding on two bikes fired several rounds near Maqbara village on a bus of Sarvodaya Gyan Public School carrying children after school hours. This created a stir. Fortunately, all the students in the school bus are completely safe, no one has been harmed. SP Rural Sagar Jain said that in Deoband area, a person along with his companions targeted a student in the school bus due to a rivalry and opened fire on the school bus. Fortunately, all the students in the bus are completely safe, no one has been injured. He told that on the basis of the complaint of the bus driver, the police registered a case and formed three teams and started searching for the accused. He said that all the accused involved in the incident will be arrested soon.

According to the information received, about four-five attackers riding on two bikes opened fire on the bus full of students of Sarvodaya Gyan Public School. All the students narrowly escaped in the attack. There were about 20 students in the bus. This incident happened near Maqbara village. About five miscreants riding on two bikes tried to stop this school bus full of children by overtaking it. When the driver did not stop the bus, the miscreants started firing. Due to which there was screaming among the children present in the bus. It is being told that the driver showed courage and took the bus to a nearby village Diwalhadi. After which the said person fled from the spot. The police has started investigating the incident on the basis of the complaint. After the incident, the school bus driver Ravi Kumar reached Devband Kotwali with the school management and gave a complaint to the police regarding the incident. In the complaint given to the police, it was told that Ravi Kumar, a resident of Bhayla Kalan, is a bus driver of Sarvodaya Gyan Public School located in Mohalla Saini Sarai on State Highway-59. On Saturday afternoon, he was going to drop the children of Diwalheri village after school was over. As soon as he reached near village Maqbara on Banhera Khas road at around 1.30 pm, about five attackers riding bullet and splendor motorcycles tried to stop the bus. When he did not stop the bus, the miscreants riding bikes started firing on the bus. One bullet hit the bonnet of the bus and two bullets hit the front and back of the bus body. Due to which panic spread among the children present in the bus and there was screaming among the children. He immediately drove the school bus fast and turned it towards village Diwalheri. After which the miscreants riding bikes fled from the spot. Devband Kotwali in-charge Sanjeev Kumar said that investigation has been started regarding the incident. It is believed that the said incident was carried out due to some rivalry. Investigation is being done on all aspects. All the accused involved in the incident will be arrested soon.