A school bus carrying around 25 children along with a few teachers escaped a fatal incident on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) in Bihar’s Gopalganj district.
The school bus got stuck in a protest near Arari Mod in Gopalganj district during the Bharat Bandh call nationwide given by Dalit and Adivasi associations on August 21.
An agitated mob was burning tyres on the road when the school bus passed through it. The police on the spot, however, intervened on time and averted any major accident.
The mob armed with sticks, had gathered in the area to protest against the recent Supreme Court order, demanding that the Centre clear its stand on sub-categorisation, bring a law to “nullify” the judgment, and conduct a caste census to reveal the “real situation” of different castes in India.
The office of Gopalganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Swarn Prabhat issued a press note which said that the school bus …