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Kanwariyas Vandalise School Bus, Beat up Driver After Vehicle Hits Pilgrims in Meerut; Three Injured
DELHI, JUL 13 – Delhi Police detained e-rickshaw driver Kusum Pal after 19 glass panels shattered and scattered along a one-kilometre stretch of the Kanwar Yatra route, police said.
- On Monday in Meerut, a school bus lightly struck three kanwariyas returning from Haridwar, resulting in minor injuries and provoking pilgrims to vandalize the bus and assault the driver.
- The incident occurred amid the Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage, which involves devotees carrying Ganga water on foot, with police and officials promptly informed and deployed to manage the situation.
- All those injured, who hail from Jatauli village in Dhaulpur, Rajasthan, were hospitalized; meanwhile, authorities cleared the affected road within two hours, and the Crime Branch initiated an investigation.
- Delhi Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra and CM Rekha Gupta took cognizance of multiple related incidents, including glass shards scattered along about a kilometre of the Kanwar route, with Mishra stating miscreants had caused this disruption.
- The events indicate heightened tensions during the pilgrimage, but police stress no communal angle exists and assure stringent action to prevent disruption and ensure the Kanwar Yatra continues safely.
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Kanwariyas vandalise school bus, beat up driver after vehicle hits pilgrims in Meerut; three injured
The area witnessed tension shortly after the incident around 11 am on Delhi Road near Begumpul police outpost. However, police personnel present at the spot managed to calm tempers. No student was present in the bus during the incident, cops said.
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