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The principal of the school whose bus overturned in Haryana’s Mahendragarh, killing six children, is among three people who have been arrested in connection with the incident. The driver, who was allegedly drunk and jumped out of the bus just before it rammed into a tree, has also been taken into custody, along with the secretary of the trust that runs the school. 

Officials said fourteen of the students who were hospitalised after the accident have been discharged but three are critical.

Students from Class 4 to 10 were heading to the GL Public School on Thursday when the bus carrying them rammed a tree and overturned. The bus belonged to the school and documents showed that the bus’ fitness certificate had expired six years ago, in 2018. A state road transport official has been suspended.

State Education Minister Seema Trikha said an inquiry is also being conducted to establish why classes were being held in the school on Eid, which is a holiday. 

“The school should not have been open today. A show-cause notice has been issued and, apart from that, we have taken self-affidavits from private schools. The schools will have to provide an affidavit stating that transport vehicles used by them are following the transport rules,” she said.