Padmaavat row: 18 men who attacked school bus sent to 14-day custody
January 25, 2018 16:27
The 18 men, suspected to be from the Karni Sena, who attacked a school bus full of children in Gurugram on Wednesday have been sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Sohna court.
On Wednesday, a frenzied mob protesting the release Padmaavat attacked a bus in Gurugram. The G D Goenka World School students were on their way home when 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.
The school bus staffer asked the kids to crawl under seats for safety and directed the driver to not stop it, Ravinder Kumar, public relations officer, Gurgaon Police said.
On Thursday, Haryana DGP BS Sandhu has said that the Haryana police is prepared and all halls will be given adequate protection.
The police is out in full force and have been posted both inside and outside the theatres," he said adding that no attackers will be spared. The show is on in 9 cities and 33 screens.
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