A DPS School official was among three persons arrested by police in connection with the death of four students in a road accident here on January 5 and were booked for culpable homicide.The ghastly mishap occurred at the Kanadiya bypass when the speeding school bus rammed into a truck on Friday, killing four students and the bus driver, Rahul Sisodia. A faulty speed governor device installed on the bus is suspected to be the cause behind the accident. "Police yesterday arrested Delhi Public School (DPS) Transport Officer Chaitanya Kumawat, Suvidha Auto Gas director Neeraj Agnihotri and its staffer Jalaj Meshram," Additional Superintendent of Police, Manoj Kumar Rai told PTI today. Four students, aged between six and 12 years, and the bus driver died in the incident, while nine other students and the driver's assistant were injured. DPS Indore principal Sudarshan Sonar had claimed that the ill-fated bus was fully fit to run on the roads.

Source: dna January 07, 2018 16:18 UTC