COMMITTEE SET UP TO PROBE HARYANA SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT

A committee has been set up to probe the factors leading to Thursday's accident involving a school bus in which six children were killed and around 20 injured in Haryana's Mahendragarh, officials said.

Police arrested three people, including the principal of the private school as well as the driver of the bus who was allegedly drunk and driving rashly.

According to an official statement, the committee has been set up by Mahendragarh deputy commissioner Monika Gupta for a thorough investigation to ascertain the causes and circumstances leading to the accident.

"In the light of the tragic incident where a school bus of G L Public School, Kanina carrying students met with an accident near Unhani resulting in the loss of lives of six students and injuries to several students, it is imperative that a thorough investigation be conducted to ascertain the causes and circumstances leading to this unfortunate event," according to an order issued by Gupta on Thursday.