The accident took place on the Haridwar National Highway when Uwaish (32) and his wife Sakra Begum (30) were on their way to meet a relative in a nearby village on the occasion of Eid

Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala asked why the school was functioning despite a nationwide holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. He also sought a probe into reports of the driver of the bus being drunk.

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.